Windows 10: How to delete USER FOLDER link

Have been using Win10 for about 6 months when a User folder icon appeared on the Desktop. No idea what I did to make it happen. I believe the Desktop User folder is a link to the C:/Users/file
Adding or deleting a file in the C:/Users/file also the same results appear in the Desktop User folder.
Right clicking on the Desktop User folder the drop down menu does not have a 'Property' choice.

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User folder has no user account, how to delete?

Malex,

The most serious problem is the apparent loss of that new Admin account.

To check the state of your user accounts, run the net user checks in section 1 of

If the Admin prompt has a greyed out or missing Yes button but no password
entry box, use the Built-In Admin account in Safe mode to create two new Admin accounts - Wiki

and in the results for each account, check the line Account active.

From your posted diagram, I assume that the lost account username is Malex because you do not appear to have logged into any accounts other than Malex & USER.

Denis

 

User folder has no user account, how to delete?

EDIT 6-14-17 8am: To clarify, this "USER" account is IN the "Users" folder...a folder within a folder. Is this normal? Disregard the Default.migrated. That appeared after my computer updated last night.

To clarify I am trying to delete the FOLDER. I have switched my Microsoft account to my new custom folder which is "malex" and now want to delete the original. Thank you for suggestions





Note: The forum would not let me submit an edit to my initial post, hence the reply here.

 

If you are talking about the .ini file, that can be deleted. If it is a folder, there is no way of telling you, since most system folders are owned by the System and with the latest updates, there is no way to remove them anymore, since Microsoft has tightened their security restrictions when you are in Windows. You could try using a Linux Live version on a USB stick and see if you can go into that folder and delete that file or folder if it is empty.

 

I should have thought this out better. My apologies.
Now reads:
Have been using Win10 for about 6 months when a User Folder Icon, SIG, appeared on the Desktop. No idea what I did to make it happen. I believe the SIG is a link to C:/Users/SIG
Adding or deleting a file in C:/Users/SIG the same results appear in the Desktop User Folder SIG.
Right clicking on the Desktop User folder icon, the drop down menu does not have a 'Property' choice.
Also when I drag the Desktop User Folder Icon to C:/Users/USER% a message pops up "CREATE IN SIG". Double clicking on the Desktop User folder SIG opens a list of the same files&folders in C:/Users/SIG.

 

Cant you just uncheck it from here?

 

It worked. Thanks

 

Thought what our? The need to just follow what I stated to remove that if it really bothers you. Personally I would leave it alone, since it is most likely not hurting anything by being there.

If it could be caused by Malware, then you need to follow the instructions on the post in Majorgeeks.com Malware section of their forum titled "Read me first".