Windows 10: I changed my local username account path in Regedit and after that I restarted Windows and...

I was trying to change my current username by following some article on the web https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/89060-change-name-user-profile-folder-windows-10-a.html from the registry. and the configuration I did was

regeidt.exe > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > MICROSOFT > WINDOWS NT >CURRENT VERSION >PROFILE LIST and then I tried to restart the windows because I didn't see any changes so I reboot the system hopping it will do the job.


after that I lost everything!! over than 700 GB of personal data and work.


1- So I tried to do recovery restore. non of my 4 snapshots did the job!

2- I changed the name again in the registry to what was before but didn't work

note: the file for old user account still there in C:>users> here , but it's empty!


my question: did windows delete all my data on the user account folder? or he just can't read it or see it? is there any thing to do? and what is the temp.desktop.001 user account that windows made it for me?



Please help this is sad.

also sorry for my pool English, it's not my language.

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