Windows 10: My Users\{myname} folder has disappeared

If it's significant, I also use OneDrive, and my documents used to link to the This PC > Windows C: > Users > {myname} folder, but that Users folder now only contains Default, Public, and one other name sub-folders. It's a new computer, and One Drive worked great in moving all my files from the old one to the new one. I don't know exactly when the ...\{myname} folder disappeared.

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Disappearing folder

I've encountered a strange problem in windows 10 where I tried to delete a file in a folder, but ended up deleting the whole directory. It did so without the usual pop-up to confirm delete or say it was too big for the recycle bin. It was my Videos folder, so pretty big, but the disk allocation has also remained the same.

I've always had a problem with 'double icons' for the different user folders, including videos, and so I'm thinking it could have something to do with the whole thing, especially as now one of the two video folders has disappeared from the users folders.

The first thing i tried was 'Undo delete', but it just bought the folder back with non of the contents. Then, I went straight to Recuva, but it came up blank (there must have been over 50 videos in the folder)

I'm at a little bit of a loss as where to start looking for this disappeared folder and was hoping someone might have some suggestions?

Screenshots below:

 

Duplicate User folder.

I moved my default Pictures, Documents, Music folders to a new Data partition (D).

My Users/myName folder remained on the C partition.

Everything was fine for 2 years.

For some reason this myName folder is now duplicated on the D partition (D\myName)

I have now a default documents folder in

• D\Documents
• D\myName\Documents
• Onedrive\Documents
• C\Users\myName\Documents

The same with the other system folders.

I can not change the location of the folders in the 2 duplicate user folders.

Rightclicking in properties, there is no location option.

Only the folders in OneDrive and the D partition have this option.

Any ideas?

 

c:\users\myname\allmyfiles\subfiles\whatever.

No it is not, for these reasons:

• You will not be able to delete your profile folder while logged on.
• If you were to delete it by some other means then your account will be crippled at the next logon because Windows will be looking for the original profile folder which no longer exists.