Windows 10: "This PC" vs. C:/Drive: User Folder

Why Windows have two (2) different Document folders: 1) in This PC and 2) C:\user with different content. I have reviewed location and is confusing if they are the same or not, and which one is the one backing up and/or Syncing with OneDrive.

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Vista Ultimate - 'User' Folder Location

No tried that.

Can copy the entire folder to D; but Windows still points to C as the location. Can change personal folders location to a folder on D;, but this still leaves hidden files etc on C;. Thus meaning there are 2 Users folders. Have managed to change the Public folder location to D;, with some registry tweaks, but this doesnt seem to work for the entire folder.

any more suggestions

 

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
• Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
• Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
• Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
• Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile

 

C drive user/"username" folder disappeared

Hello,

To better help you, confirm which build is currently installed on your device. To check, follow the steps below:

Press Windows key + R, then type in winver.

Click OK.

Meanwhile, we recommend running the System File Checker, it's
a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Also, we suggest to try repairing your user account profile as this could possibly caused by a corrupted user profile, kindly refer to the steps below:

Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps
carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

• Start your PC in
  Safe Mode
• Once you're in Safe Mode, press Windows Key + X on desktop screen and select
  Command Prompt (Admin)
• Type net user administrator /active:yes into it and Hit Enter.
• Now log-off and log-in with the Administrator account.
• Click Start, type regedit in the
  Search box, and then press ENTER. In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
  

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

• In the navigation pane, locate the folder that begins with S-1-5 (SID key) followed by a long number. Click each
  S-1-5 folder, locate the ProfileImagePath entry in the details pane, and then double-click to make sure that this is the user account profile that has the error.
• If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by some long numbers and one of them ended with
  .bak, you have to rename the .bak folder. To do this, follow these steps:

• Right-click the folder without .bak, and then click
  Rename. Type .ba, and then press ENTER.
• Right-click the folder that is named .bak, and then click
  Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
• Right-click the folder that is named .ba, and then click
  Rename. Change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.

• If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 that is followed by long numbers and ends with
  .bak. Right-click the folder, and then click Rename. Remove .bak at the end of the folder name, and then press ENTER.
• Click the folder without .bak in the details pane, double-click
  RefCount, type 0, and then click OK. Click the folder without
  .bak, in the details pane, double-click State, type
  0, and then click OK.
• Close Registry Editor. Restart the computer. Log on again with your original account to see if it fix the issue.
  

We look forward to your response.

Regards.