Hello Forum,
In File Explorer, I have my user account showing up under desktop.
It probably is a shadow/shortcut/double but it shouldn't be there and it all looks pretty messy...
I don't know for how long this has been the case, but since this user account doesn't have "Music" and "Videos" in it, I suspect it dates back from when I upgraded to Windows11 and all of a sudden these 2 folders appeared. As I don't have any music and the few videos I have are amongst my photos, stored in "Pictures" in the photo album of the event they belong to, I deleted those folders. Also this user account has a folder named "Desktop" with my desktop icons in it.
Another issue: "Libraries" shows up (not in this user account but in "the real" Desktop), although I unchecked the box "show libraries" in File Explorer's "options", "view".
I don't fiddle around with user accounts, as from experience I know you can really mess up your laptop if you do things wrong. So I could use some expert advice.
I hope someone here can help.
Thank you.
Judith
In File Explorer, I have my user account showing up under desktop.
It probably is a shadow/shortcut/double but it shouldn't be there and it all looks pretty messy...
I don't know for how long this has been the case, but since this user account doesn't have "Music" and "Videos" in it, I suspect it dates back from when I upgraded to Windows11 and all of a sudden these 2 folders appeared. As I don't have any music and the few videos I have are amongst my photos, stored in "Pictures" in the photo album of the event they belong to, I deleted those folders. Also this user account has a folder named "Desktop" with my desktop icons in it.
Another issue: "Libraries" shows up (not in this user account but in "the real" Desktop), although I unchecked the box "show libraries" in File Explorer's "options", "view".
I don't fiddle around with user accounts, as from experience I know you can really mess up your laptop if you do things wrong. So I could use some expert advice.
I hope someone here can help.
Thank you.
Judith
- Windows Build/Version
- Windows11 Version 21H2
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows11 Home
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire 5 A517-51G-85RS
- CPU
- i7-8550U @1.80GHz 1.99GHz
- Motherboard
- Dragonite_KL, version V2.03
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce MX150
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio (SST)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 (Full HD)
- Hard Drives
- SSD 256GB
5400rpm HDD
- Keyboard
- qwerty
- Browser
- Firefox