User folder replaced with 'Contacts' folder

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User folder replaced with 'Contacts' folder

Névtelen

Dear community,

I am facing a strange issue with my windows 10 user folder. I can't remember the exact origins of this problem but I changed something important in the system folders and the whole user folder got messed up as a result.

Issue no. 1. is that when I go to the folder 'users', the original user folder is displayed as 'contacts' instead the default user folder, which is an empty one in my case(the other, clash is another account but not the default one). Though when I go to 'contacts' everything is messed up and it even shows my desktop files there. The second issue is that my original 'desktop', 'documents' and '3d objects' folders are now labelled as 'contacts' and all redirect to the 'contacts' folder inside 'users'.

My question is, is it possible to fix this issue and go back to the original layout? If not, can I change the default account to my other account(I do not have any isssues with that one) so that I can delete this account? And most importantly, would it be safe to update to windows 11 if the whole interior user folder is messed up?

Here are some screenshots of the problem:

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DaveM121 946.7K Független tanácsadó

Yes, all you need to do is to drag those shortcuts into the Desktop folder and they should then appear on your Desktop.

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DaveM121 946.7K Független tanácsadó

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Click your Start Button, type regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor.

Click View and make sure 'Address Bar' is turned on.

Paste this into the Address Bar at the top and hit Enter.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Please provide a screenshot of that Registry Editor page.

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Answer 1

Névtelen

Dear Dave,

thank you for your response, I did what you said and this is displayed now:

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Answer 2

Thank you for the screenshots, please perform these steps carefully.

1

Open the Registry Editor again it will still be on the same page.

2

Double click {56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882}, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Contacts

3

Double click {754AC886-DF64-4CBA-86B5-F7FBF4FBCEF5}, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Desktop

4

Double click {F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756}, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Documents

5

Double click Desktop, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Desktop

6

Close the Registry Editor.

7

Click your Start Button, then jsut type cmd and on the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and select 'Run as Administrator'.

Run this command and press Enter;

del "%userprofile%\desktop.ini" /a

8

Restart (not shut down) your PC to apply the changes.

Answer 3

Névtelen

Thank you very much! It fixed the problems of multiple contacts folders! The only thing that did not change was that my former desktop shortcuts are still in my user folder and the desktop folder itself is empty. Can I put these shortcuts there manually?

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