When I install Windows 10 on my computer, I choose to erase all data from disk an create a fresh installation. I create a new local user (not a Microsoft account) and name it Jorane.
I use it without any problems for 3 days but today, I "lost" administrator rights for my account : when an app needed elevation the "Yes" button where not present and I could only say "No".
I boot in Safe-Mode to change my account type. I go in Control Panel/User Accounts/User Accounts/Manage Accounts
and see something strange : my account had disappear. The only account was "Administrator". So I reboot in normal mode to find a solution on internet. But once again, only the administrator account is available to log in.
I had never created any administrator account in Windows 10 an had to boot again in Safe-Mode in order to change Administrator password, wich I never set. I created another account (Fuhonjud) in order to go in the internet, the Administrator built-in can't open edge.
I though that my account was perhaps deleted, but it's not : if I open an administrator CMD and list users:
C:\Windows\system32>net users:
User accounts for \\ORIONDE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator DefaultAccount defaultuser0
Fuhonjud Guest Jorane
The command completed successfully.
Account "Jorane" is here
If I activate my account :
C:\Windows\system32>net user Jorane \activated:yes
The command completed successfully
But the account doesn't appears in Control Panel:
If I open lusrmgr.msc I could also see my account Jorane and my other account Fuhonjud. If I tried to create a new account named "Jorane", Windows refused because it already exists. The folder C:\Users\Jorane
exists. I search a lot about this on the internet but can't find any solution for this.
I only have few applications on my account Jorane and can use the new account instead. I need your help in order to understand what append to Windows, if you already seen this and if anybody know how to fix it.
Best Answer
The most likely problem is that the account is disabled. This command didn't do what you expected:
\activated
is not a switch. Rather, that command reset the password on theJorane
account to\activated:yes
. You want to run this command:Note the forward slash and the spelling of
active
.Also, a user won't show up unless it's a member of Users or Administrators. You can use the
net localgroup
command to list the members of a group. For instance, this lists the members of Administrators:If
Jorane
isn't a member of either Administrators or Users, you'll need to add it to one of those. This adds it to Administrators: