Windows 10: Windows keeps making a folder on my other drive that is named my username?

Hello,

So I have had this issue for a while now. On my PC, windows keeps automatically making a folder on my D: drive named as my username. Inside the folder is more folders, Favorites, and another folder called Searches. They have the stock icons for the library's in windows. There is nothing in either folder. I deleted the whole directory folder and they just keep re appearing. I have remapped my user folder to a different drive but I don not believe that it is causing the issue. I have researched on the internet to see if anyone else has had similar issues and have found mixed results. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Moved a folder from another drive and rename and it still shows as the old folder name in certain places

Hi Nick,

I suggest you to try the steps provided below and check the behavior.

• Create a new folder name it as 'My Videos'.
• Now copy/cut and paste the contents which are in the folder "Videos", and delete the folder "Videos".
• Now check the behavior.

Please keep us updated with the status of the folder, to assist you further.

Regards,

 

Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


Suggestion:

1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
   x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
   NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.

 

How to change the username and username folder in windows 10

I recently purchased a new computer with Windows 10 installed. After syncing with my Microsoft account my User folder name had truncated to the first five characters of my email address, 'antho'. As I had no software and files loaded I thought it would
be a good time to attempt the change to my folder name. I had success following youssoufsawadogo's method. My exact steps were:

• As I was intending to make a change to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList I made a backup of this file first. This was done from Registry Editor by selecting the Key and File (from top menu bar) > Export. Note that
  the file path contains 'WindowsNT'. I looked for a Windows 10 version but there were none so I went with WindowNT.
• Open Settings>Accounts>Your Info>Sign In With a Local Account Instead. Enter password, then change username to what you want it to be, in my case 'Anthony'. As per youssoufsawadogo's instructions I didn't input a password and was able to click through
  without doing so. After doing that Windows signed out. Sign back in using the Local Account.
• Open Registry Editor.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. See youssoufsawadogo's screen shot.
• Expand ProfileList folder. Search the files on the right under the Data column for something like C:\Users\antho where the last bit is the username you want to change.
• Double click/right click on ProfileImagePath and clear your name and replace it with the one you want, e.g. Anthony.
• Press OK and close the Registry Editor window.
• Go to C:\Users\. You should see folders including TEMP, Anthony (the name you want), antho (the name you want to change). Make sure you see TEMP. If not, restart the computer. Restart at this point was like you were starting Windows for the first time
  in that there was more behind the scenes activity.
• Delete Anthony (the name you just created).
• Rename antho (the name you want to change) folder to Anthony (the name you want). At this point, if you hadn't seen TEMP and restarted your computer in Step 8 (as was the case for me when I did it the first time), a dialogue box appears saying, "You Need
  To Provide Administrator Permission To Rename This Folder". I was able to click CONTINUE but then a second dialogue box appeared saying, "Action Can't Be Completed Because Folder Is Open In Another Program". I had to go back and restart my computer. Then
  I saw the TEMP folder in Step 8 and didn't get the dialogue boxes in Step 10.
• Restart computer.
• Verify that the username folder has changed to Anthony (the name you want).
• Go Settings>Accounts>Your Info and sign in with your normal Microsoft account.
• Verify that your normal computer settings have returned.

That's it. The TEMP file with size 0 bytes still remains in the Users folder. I deleted it with no harm done. I hope this helps.