OS 10.3 - new user every time

gator · gator #1 (**permalink**)

07-19-2008, 11:10 AM

I logged on to my computer one day and noticed that all my settings/web favorites and documents were gone.
I slowly realized that when I logged on, it was no longer going to my home user rather creating a new one every time. which meant that firefox/messenger/etc were all being used opened for the first time an required set up/start pages every time I shut down my computer.
I went on apple's tech support and they said that I had probably changed my user name which sent everything out of whack. I had not done that but at this point I wasn't gonna argue. I was instructed to create a new user with admin privilages and go in as the new user and change my apple/home users name. I tried that but it did not work.
Any ideas how I could go back to using my home folder?

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

07-19-2008, 11:17 AM

Did you rename your User folder at any stage

cradom · cradom #3 (**permalink**)

07-19-2008, 08:33 PM

Or try to change your short name?

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gator #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 19, 2008 Posts: 3	07-19-2008, 11:10 AM I logged on to my computer one day and noticed that all my settings/web favorites and documents were gone. I slowly realized that when I logged on, it was no longer going to my home user rather creating a new one every time. which meant that firefox/messenger/etc were all being used opened for the first time an required set up/start pages every time I shut down my computer. I went on apple's tech support and they said that I had probably changed my user name which sent everything out of whack. I had not done that but at this point I wasn't gonna argue. I was instructed to create a new user with admin privilages and go in as the new user and change my apple/home users name. I tried that but it did not work. Any ideas how I could go back to using my home folder?
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,654 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	07-19-2008, 11:17 AM Did you rename your User folder at any stage
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