Windows 10: RENAME OF DESKTOP FOLDER NAME

Hi,


My computer language is English and all folder names are English, but Desktop folder is shown as 'Masaustu' in Turkish language. How can I change the 'Masaustu' folder name to 'Desktop'?


Thanks.




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files and folders "renaming music folder to audio"

Hello,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.

• Are you facing any issues in renaming folder?
• When you say, "music folder does not apply anymore as a primary designation" what exactly are you referring to?

Follow the steps below to rename folder:

• Right click on a folder which you want to rename.
• Select Rename and enter new name for it.

Hope this helps. Kindly get back to us with the above details to assist you further.

Thank You.

 

Renaming the users folders

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

You are trying to rename the User folder, which can’t be done through the File explorer. Whatever user name you use of your User account, user account folder will have same name. You can rename the Subfolder of the User account folder but not User
account folder.

If you want rename the User account folder, change user account name using the suggestion

Lets’ refer to these steps to rename the User account and check if that helps.

• Press Windows and X keys together.
• Click on Control Panel, click on User Accounts.
• Click on User account, then click on “Change your account name”
• If it’s prompting for password please enter and click on Yes. If you do not have password click on
  Yes.
• Enter the new user name.
• Click on change name.

Reference link for more information.

Windows 8 User Folder Rename.

Windows 8 User Folder Rename



Please do let us know if you need further help.

 

Windows 10 desktop renamed "downloads"

Hi,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

How did you exactly change the default folder for downloads to desktop? Is it through Internet explorer/through any other source?

As the issue started after setting the default folder for downloads to desktop, I suggest you to change the default folder for downloads to Download folder. (Follow the same procedure as you have did to change the default folder for downloads
to desktop)

You may try this steps and check if you are able to rename the folders names for desktop and downloads.

• 
  Press Windows + E keys on the keyboard to open Windows explorer.
  
• 
  Click on This pc on the left navigation pane.
  
• 
  Open the drive where Windows 10 is installed. (Ex: open C:/ drive if the Windows 10 is installed in c drive)
  
• 
  Click on Users and select
  user name. (user name is the user you have logged in to the computer at present)
  
• 
  Right click on Downloads folder and click on
  Rename and change to Desktop. (Do the same step for the Desktop folder also)
  

You may try to reset the view settings of the folders and check if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows + E keys on the keyboard to open File Explorer.
  
• 
  Click on the This PC on the left navigation pane.
  
• 
  Click on the View tab at the top of the File explorer window.
  
• 
  Click on Options and select
  Change folder and search options.
  
• 
  Navigate to the View tab in folder options window.
  
• 
  Click on Reset Folders. (Click on Yes if any dialog box prompted)
  
• 
  You may click on Restore defaults
  to restore the default settings for the folder.
  

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with the issue. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.