Change OneDrive folder name in navigation pane of File Explorer


LTR_25

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Hi Shawn,
very interesting post, I have a question regarding another change that I would make in OneDrive, regarding the description of OneDrive in the left pane of Explorer.
I've posted my question in Microsoft support


but I wasn't able to change the name.

I see in your example that the OneDrive folder is called "Shawn-Personal", do you know if there's a way to change it in "OneDrive-Personal"?

I've checked many register keys but I didn't find where Explorer grab the first part of the name, that usually comes from Windows folder username, I suppose in your case "C:\\Users\Shawn".

In my case I've tried to create a different OneDrive folder with a new local user profile (the one I use is a Windows profile) and in that case I see "OneDrive - MyCompanyName" instead of "John - MyCompanyName" and this is the behavior I would like to create under my existent Windows profile.

Thank you for any suggestion
LT
 

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Hello
is there someone who knows in which Registry key OneDrive (or Windows Explorer) retrieve the account username, in the example below "John" (C:\\Users\John) to use it in OneDrive cloud name in the left pane of Windows Explorer?

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Thank you for your help
LT
 

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    Windows 11
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    Lenovo ThinkPAd X1 Yoga

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