Windows 10: Windows 10 users profile renamed and works but desktop not refreshing due to one drive

Hi,


I followed your post and i successfully renamed the profile folder in users to my name and then changed the path from regedit. Everything worked and i did everything right.


I also added my onedrive folder as well, before it was of someother guy from which i bought a laptop.





Now when i login i recieve this error and my desktop is not coming up properly. Maybe because of the third party apps like stram, unity are still trying to find the old path? And also this old guys one drive folder "onedrive - the univer...." is still there and there is no setting option when i right click so i cant remove it and that error pop up keeps showing when ever i even refresh.





Please help!!

I just bought surface book 2.

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How to completely delete the files and folders of the corrupted profile and rename the same user profile name in the newly created user profile in Windows 10?

Hello Ian,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving the issue.



Method 1: You can delete the files and folders from the corrupted user from
File explorer by following the steps below:

• 
  Press Windows logo + E keys on the keyboard to open
  File explorer.
  
• 
  Click on This PC located at the left side panel of the window to open the drives of the PC.
  
• 
  Go to users folder by opening the
  C: drive.
  
• 
  From users folder, locate the user folder you want to delete and
  press Shift + Delete keys on the keyboard.
  
• 
  After the process is complete, close the window and check if the files and folders are deleted.
  

Method 2: I suggest you to refer to the suggestion by
Annu Singh from the link below to rename the user profile and check if it helps.

Rename User Account Folder in Windows 10 Preview



Write back to us with the status of the issue on the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Windows 10 desktop renamed "downloads"

Hi Kiran,

Suggestion did not work!... The rename happens to the icons in desktop. The bad thing is that if the change is reflected for all user profiles. Nothing significant is seen in event logs. Any advice suggestions?

Thanks,

MTH

 

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.