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I've had this Admin account called 'Alex' since my TiBook days. It was on a freshly installed Panther, but for some reason it had a few problems. Just within my own account, that is. My 'Alex' account happened to be the only Admin account; all the other accounts, three in number if I'm not mistaken, were Std accounts.
Problems I had back then included certain installers not running, or rather starting to bounce and then quitting before doing anything at all. I remember I had to use another account to install Final Cut Express 1.01.
When I got this new Powerbook I used Migration Assistant when first turning it on, and transfered my home folder using FW cable from the TiBook. Trouble is, the problems I had up to then got transferred, too! For example, now I cannot click on 'Burn' within iDVD5, or the whole thing will collapse (iDVD that is, not the OS!). Also, bought FaxSTF Pro X from Smith Micro, and I can't fax out anything! But, switch to another account on my Powerbook, things are smooth as silk.
I am contemplating the solution of setting up a new account for me and transferring all my files to that account, then delete my current, problematic one. I want the new account to also be called 'Alex' for short, to have the same long name (my full name, just like my current Admin account). I also would like it if it was possible to copy my Dock configuration, instead of having to re-compose it from scratch. I've got used to using it over the months, and would like to keep it for GUI reasons.
So, what would be the right order of doing things? Rename my current, bad, account, then create a fresh admin account, then change the ownership and privileges in everything in my home folder and move to the new account, then verify and finally delete my current account? Does all this make sense? Am I setting myself up for some sort of digital tragedy?
Thanks, people.

You know, I was thinking if I went ahead and just created a new account, then shipped all my Home folder under the new account and used chown to fix the ownership details, then most likely the problems of my current account would be transferred to the new one.
How about skipping all .plist files and other preferences? What if I only transferred my actual work documents from all software that I use, plus emails and what have you? Would that tend to minimize the chances of problems re-manifesting themselves in the new environment?

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