Windows 10: Lost User Folder/Data

Hi! Please pardon my total and complete ignorance!


I noticed my user folder name was truncated or so I thought from Gaston to Gasto . I tried renaming it and ended up having to reload all my apps and links. that didn't work.


I noticed it was truncated to "gasto" again and now I was working from a TEMP folder. It was probably created when I tried renaming "gasto".


So I created another folder. I think I called it "gastotmp". I moved all my stuff from TEMP to that one, deleted the "gasto" and the "TEMP" folders. Then I rebooted.


Now I am missing "gasto" and the new folder I had created in users. TEMP is now my only user folder besides public and default and all my data is missing!


I'm hoping it's hidden somewhere in windows.


thank you for any help

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Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

• "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
• Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
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Hi,

There are ways to recover some missing files on Windows 10. For us to help you recover them, we'd like to ask a few things. Kindly answer the following:

• Are you using an Administator account to search for the missing folders/files?
• Are you able to find the missing files/folders using Search?
• What specific files/folders are missing?

Meanwhile, as an initial troubleshooting, we suggest that you check this
article and follow the troubleshooting steps given.

We'll be waiting for your response.