Shell Command

How to Use the Vista Shell Command​

information   Information
This will show you how to use the Shell command to enable you to quickly open a hard to find folder or object. A complete list of all Shell commands is included with a description of each.
Note   Note
You can also use these shell commands from the Run command window.
Tip   Tip
When the item for the shell command opens the folder, you can then create a shortcut to it easily.



Here's How:
1. Open the Start Menu.​
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2. In the white line (Start Search) area, type one of the Shell commands (See table below) and press Enter. (See screenshot below)​
Start_Menu.jpg​
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Complete List of Shell Commands
[TABLE=class:-grid,-width:-700][TR][TD]
Shell Command
[/TD]
[TD]
Description
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:AddNewProgramsFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Install a program from the network location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Administrative Tools
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Administrative Tools section of the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:AppData
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden location C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:AppUpdatesFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Installed Windows Updates location in Program and Files.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Cache
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Internet Explorer’s temporary internet files folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CD Burning
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the location where files are stored temporarily before Windows Vista burns them.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Programs and Features in the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Administrative Tools
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Administrative Tools section of the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common AppData
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden location C:\ProgramData
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Desktop
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Desktop folder location. C:\Users\Public\Desktop
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Documents
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Documents folder location. C:\Users\Public\Documents
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Programs
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Start menu shortcuts location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Start Menu
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the location of the shortcut links in your Start Menu.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Startup
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the location where shortcuts to programs that are set to start when Vista boots up are saved.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Common Templates
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CommonDownloads
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Downloads folder location. C:\Users\Public\Downloads
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CommonMusic
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Music folder location. C:\Users\Public\Music
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CommonPictures
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Pictures folder location. C:\Users\Public\Pictures
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CommonVideo
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public Users Video folder location. C:\Users\Public\Videos
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:ConflictFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sync Center Conflicts location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:ConnectionsFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Quickly open Network Connections.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Contacts
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your username's Contacts folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:ControlPanelFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Cookies
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens one of the folders where Internet Explorer saves cookies.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Cookies\Low
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the other folder where Internet Explorer saves cookies.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CredentialManager
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CryptoKeys
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:CSCFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
unknown
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:default Gadgets
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the default Windows Sidebar Gadgets location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:desktop
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Desktop folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:downloads
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Downloads folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:dpapiKeys
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Favorites
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Favorites folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Fonts
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Vista's Fonts folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Gadgets
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your user account's Windows Sidebar Gadgets that you saved location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Games
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Games Explorer from the right Start menu Games button location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:GameTasks
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:History
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Internet Explorer’s history of websites visited.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:InternetFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the 32 bit Internet Explorer.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Links
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Links folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Local AppData
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:LocalAppDataLow
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the hidden C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\LocalLow
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:LocalizedResourcesDir
[/TD]
[TD]
unknown
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:MAPIFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
unknown
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:My Music
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Music folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:My Pictures
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Pictures folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:My Video
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Video folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:MyComputerFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Computer window.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:NetHood
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Network Shortcuts folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:NetworkPlacesFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Network Places location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:OEM Links
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the links placed on your computer by your computer manufacturer location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Original Images
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Windows Photo Gallery Original Images folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:personal
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Documents folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:photoAlbums
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Slide Show folder location for your username's Pictures folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:playlists
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Playlists folder location for your username's Music folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:printersFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Printers in the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:printHood
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Printer Shortcuts location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:profile
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your main username folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:programFiles
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Program Files folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:programFilesCommon
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Common Files folder in Program Files.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:programFilesCommonX86
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Common Files folder in Program Files (x86).
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:programFilesX86
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Program Files (x86) folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:programs
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Start menu's Programs shortcuts location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:public
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Public User folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:publicGameTasks
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Quick Launch
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Quick Launch shortcuts folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Recent
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Recent Items location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:RecycleBinFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Recycle Bin folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:ResourceDir
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Vista's Resources folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SampleMusic
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sample Music folder in the Public Users folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SamplePictures
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sample Pictures folder in the Public Users folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SamplePlaylists
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sample Playlist folder in the Public Users folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SampleVideos
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sample Videos folder in the Public Users folder.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SavedGames
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Saved Games folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Searches
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your personal username's Searches folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SendTo
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Context menu's SendTo folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Start Menu
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the current single user location of the shortcut links in your Start Menu.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Startup
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the location where shortcuts to programs that are set to start when Vista boots up are saved.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SyncCenterFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens Sync Center from the Control Panel.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SyncResultsFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Sync Results for the Sync Center.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SyncSetupFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Open the Setup new sync partnerships in the Sync Center.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:System
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the System32 folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SystemCertificates
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the SystemCertificates folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:SystemX86
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the SysWowxx folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Templates
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the Templates folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:TreePropertiesFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
unknown
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:UserProfiles
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the "C:\Users" location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:UsersFilesFolder
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens your main username folder location.
[/TD][/TR]
[TR][TD]
shell:Windows
[/TD]
[TD]
Opens the "C:\Windows" location.
[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]






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Hi Brink,

Enjoyed the tutorial. Never knew about this. Thanks.
One cmd. that woked oddly was the 'shell:TreePropertiesFolder'.
The window pops up and in half a sec. it closes. Any ideas why that would happen.
I have read several of the tutorials. What a great resource. Thanks to all.

Gary
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207 + HPvs15
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 + 1024x768
    Hard Drives
    2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB WD 5000AAV-500 GB external
    Mouse
    MX Revolution
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve
    Other Info
    Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet Experience Index=5.5
Gary,

When you right click on it at the top part of the Start menu and click Open folder location, it opens the user Desktop folder with Dektop highlighted in the folder tree.

Other than that, I have not found much use for it yet either.

Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
I give up. Where's the white line (Start Search) area? Should I access the search feature? (opens Explorer) But typing the Shell Command in the Search box in Explorer produces no results. Please advise.:(
 

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Hi Antje,

Welcome to Vista Forums. :party:

It is the white line with Start Search in it at the bottom of the Start menu in the screenshot at the top of this tutorial.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

My Computers

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  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi Antje,

You can click in the box, but there is no need. Just start typing. Should go there automatically.

Gary
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
    Memory
    Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207 + HPvs15
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050 + 1024x768
    Hard Drives
    2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB WD 5000AAV-500 GB external
    Mouse
    MX Revolution
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve
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    Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet Experience Index=5.5
Ok i realy started to dislike Vista, everytime something has to be change to get into it.
So you are telling us these nice commands. but i donwloaded a game, realy wanna play it. but cant be open on vista, says he need a windows shell commor. Great wonderfull. so im searching for the answer and come here. And well cant find the answer yet. first of all every command that i type in to teh search line, says cant find files, cant open of dont excist!

How can i open this rar program in vista? without having to do so much changes on my laptop?
My winrar program does not even open it, changed name of file everything but vista wont open it. so can somebody help me and be realy clear about it?
 

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Hello Naihla, and welcome to Vista Forums.

It sounds like you may be having more serious problems if none of the shell commands above would not open anything when typed into the Start Menu search box or RUN window. How does everything else run on the computer?

Could you post back with the exact complete error message the game gives you when you try to open or install it?

You might give the free program 7-Zip a try instead. Run it as administrator, click on Options, then select the RAR file extention to be handled by 7-Zip.

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi Brink,

Thanx for your quick reply. my laptop is just 2 months old. just bought it here on aruba. everything else works fine, but i do have a problem with the memory vista eats (use hihi)
The game im trying to unpack and install is anno 1404, i already have anno 1701 the pre version and that one worked correct.
This one has files named rzr.001 etc. So i need to unpack it and then install. But it does not work. Vista does not wanto unpack it. It just says nothing and do nothing.
So i looked at the properties of the files, and it said i need Windows blabla commor, so started to search for it and came here.
i tried your commands and just like i said it says: cant find file, i started to try the others and got the same or does not exicst etc.
I tried with winrar, winzip etc, did not work, it will pack but not unpack proper. I am going to try your advice with the 7 program you just said and will come back on that.
I also found out that it is form razor, so i found razor program but im not familiair with it. beside that i red some comments and a lot say it does not work. or have errors.
im realy carefull with downloading things. so im going to try 7 zip and see what happens

tahnx i will get back to you
 

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hi brink,

Again thank you. I tried 7 zip, good program and the program told me that when he finished at 97% teh file is dameged. So i need to download i new versie of teh game. this was the only program tha regonized it.

Thanx i will try to download a new one and see what happens.

kind regards,

natasja
 

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Oh, I see now. You are wanting to unpack an archive. If WinRAR or 7-Zip cannot unpack it using the "Wizard" option, then you might try redownloading the file in case it may be corrupted.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
Hi Brink,

I have an OP who somehow changed the name displayed in the Folder View of Windows Explorer AND the system desktop icon for the User Folder from the correct user name to something different and I cannot find any way to change either of them to what they should be again (System Restore didn't work and that folder and icon have no options to rename or do anything - and no, I have no idea how it was done in the first place and neither does the OP, but apparently he got mixed up with some changes to the desktop and began pushing buttons without really thinking and before he knew it this had happened).

I was reading this tutorial and saw shell:UsersFilesFolder and it seemed to be what is needed to fix that folder and that icon, but I can't figure out how to do it. I wondered if there was any way to apply this to those incorrectly-named locations to restore them to the proper names - or if there is another tutorial I missed that actually addresses this problem.

As always, thanks for your assistance.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inc. MP061 Inspiron E1705
    CPU
    2.00 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memory
    Motherboard
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Hi Lorien,

shell:UsersFilesFolder will not fix it, but only open that location instead. :(
 

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Thanks, Brink.

I was afraid that might be the case - and I guess that also means there isn't another tutorial on how to do it. Oh well, back to the research. There must be some way to do it - after all, he was able to change it to the wrong thing somehow so a method of changing to the right thing MUST exist.

Thanks again.
 

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    Generic PnP Monitor (17.2"vis)
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    1920 x 1200 pixels
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I would say to just create a new acount and use it instead.
 

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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
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    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
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    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
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    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Corsair Hydro H115i
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    Logitech MX Master 3
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
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    HP Envy Y0F94AV
    CPU
    i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
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    16 GB DDR4-2133
    Sound Card
    Conexant ISST Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3" UHD IPS touch
    Screen Resolution
    3480 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    512 GB M.2 SSD
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