Documents Folder Renamed Desktop ???

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wornout99

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Just recently I noticed my Documents folder has been renamed Desktop. It shows up as Desktop on the start menu. When I open my user file, Desktop shows up twice. One is empty and the other has my stuff in it. I can not rename it back to Documents.

I don't know what happen, does anybody else?
 

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Hello Wornout, and welcome to Vista Forums.

This can usually fix this for you:
Back up anything that you do not want to lose in the desktop folders to another location to restore later.

Make sure that the Documents (Personal in registry) and Desktop folders have the default location set to them using OPTION THREE in this tutorial.

Delete both Desktop folders.

In the Start Menu, type shell:Personal and press enter, then type shell:desktop and press enter.

Restart the computer to have the folders restore back to default. You may need to restart a couple of times somtimes though.

Copy your backed up items back to the now restored Desktop folder.
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Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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Brink said:
Hello Wornout, and welcome to Vista Forums.

This can usually fix this for you:
Back up anything that you do not want to lose in the desktop folders to another location to restore later.

Make sure that the Documents (Personal in registry) and Desktop folders have the default location set to them using OPTION THREE in this tutorial.

Delete both Desktop folders.

In the Start Menu, type shell:Personal and press enter, then type shell:desktop and press enter.

Restart the computer to have the folders restore back to default. You may need to restart a couple of times somtimes though.

Copy your backed up items back to the now restored Desktop folder.
​
Hope this helps,
Shawn
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I tried all that and it worked after the first restart and then I restarted again and my problem of two 'Desktop' folders in my 'User' folder came back.

When backing up my Documents folder, I came upon a folder that has files (2) that don't exist but the entries do. I think that has something to do with it and I can't delete those files no matter what I tried.

I must have something wrong with my registry.
 

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Ok, in that case we can go to the next level.

Create a new administrator account.

Copy the contents of the old account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders.

Log on to the new account. If everything checks out, then you can delete the old account from within the new account.
 

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System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Brink said:
Ok, in that case we can go to the next level.

Create a new administrator account.

Copy the contents of the old account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders.

Log on to the new account. If everything checks out, then you can delete the old account from within the new account.
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OK, that worked sorta. When I created a new admin account and restarted I had the old admin account, the new admin account and a combo account newaccount.oldaccount.

What I did next was recreate a new account and named it the original account. Copied over all the stuff, including appdata (hidden file), and then purged the new account and the hybrid. All was well after I restarted.

Thank you for your help....wornout
 

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You're welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. :)

wornout99 said:
Brink said:
Ok, in that case we can go to the next level.

Create a new administrator account.

Copy the contents of the old account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders.

Log on to the new account. If everything checks out, then you can delete the old account from within the new account.
Click to expand...

OK, that worked sorta. When I created a new admin account and restarted I had the old admin account, the new admin account and a combo account newaccount.oldaccount.

What I did next was recreate a new account and named it the original account. Copied over all the stuff, including appdata (hidden file), and then purged the new account and the hybrid. All was well after I restarted.

Thank you for your help....wornout
Click to expand...
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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