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Changed Account 'short name' and cannot now access iPhoto pictures

I have two accounts running on my iMac. The second one I opened because Word didn't run properly on the first. I gave the second one the short name 'test'. Recently I decided that I should change the short name from 'test' to something more appropriate. I then logged out and in again. When I logged back in the short name was back to 'test' but I have lost access to some applications (had to reconnect to the web) and especially my iPhoto pictures. Can someone help?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 15, 2010 11:21 AM

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Nov 16, 2010 12:05 PM in response to captfred

Thank you very much for the help. I muddled through using the instructions and have managed to find my iPhoto files and some other files too. My Entourage account is still not reenabled, so I will have to set up that account again.

Will it be OK to delete the 'new shortname' as I am now operating on the original 'shortname' and I have moved most of the files away from the profile?

Changed Account 'short name' and cannot now access iPhoto pictures

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