Windows 10: Desktop Location issue

Good day

I tried to change the location of the desktop. Unfortunately windows put my whole user profile on my desktop and renamed C:\users\myuser to C:\users\desktop

If i try to change it back, it says "wrong directory" or "no access"

Did you guys ever had a similar problem?

:)

 

Reset Downloads folder to default location

Hi,

I'm experiencing a similar issue.

I changed the default Downloads folder to the Desktop, and now when I went and tried to reset the folder to its default location nothing changed.

Here is how it looks



If I click on the "Move" button and change the location manually, it changes the Desktop's location as well from the navigation menu.

Basically both Desktop (former Downloads) folder and Desktop (actual Desktop) folder have the same location whenever I change either one manually.

Anyone with a solution to this?

Thanks

 

Incorrect location for Windows 10 Workstation

Yeah, I'm also having this issue. My desktop doesn't have any kind of GPS, so the location is based on the ISP =\

We should be able to manually set a "custom" location on windows 10 desktops (desktops don't "move around" too much I think it would work perfectly fine xD)!

 

Hello and welcome *Smile

It looks to me as if you have somehow changed the name of your user folder. You might be able to restore to a previous version if you have restore points set up or have set up backups with File History.

Navigate to your C:\users\desktop folder and right click on it and select properties; there is a Previous Versions Tab which might enable you to restore to a previous version of the folder.

 

Unfortunately it's not possible. So tat means i have to reinstall my windows or reset the user account?
Thank you for help *Smile

 

Unfortunately it is extremely difficult to rename your users folder. None of the usual methods work because it is a system folder. You basically have to create a new user account and then copy over all your files etc to the new user.

Create a new local account with the user name you want, make it an administrator account, and sign in to it. This way the "C:\Users\(user-name)" profile folder will have the name you want.

User Account - Add in Windows 10

Afterwards, you can delete your old account after copying what you want to the new local account. Rather a pain to do I know!

User Account - Delete in Windows 10