correct file path not showing

[Snakeman]

i have disabled and unlinked one drive entirely, why does it still show one drive as a file path? also my pc name is different from what is on the path so why is it showing my real last name as the user and not the nickname?

 

[mMontana]

Meet "dir /a" from console.

Version without "/a"

version with " /a"

 

Not only hidden folders are shown, but also "junction" mountpoint of NTFS.

 

In Windows from several years some part of the filesystem are showed in a "user friendlier-way" (sort of) in case of parts of the system that might be "relocated/renamed" (as for internationalized version of folders "Documents", "Desktop", "Pictures" and so on) or... not being really there, like Onedrive files (which are mirrored/copied locally when necessary/user requested)

 

Also.

In Windows you do rename the user if you want. But in fact, you can only change a "label" of the user, mantaining the actual username (available with

whoami 

command) and his home path/directory (stored under the variable %Userprofile%

[Caelan]

While it would be specific to your computer settings, the "OneDrive" folder is created automatically by Windows. OneDrive comes packaged with Windows nowadays, so this folder will get created.

 

Just unlinking your OneDrive essentially just turns off the sync to the cloud of files. It does not change anything else! You may still need to adjust any redirected folders (i.e. Documents/Pictures/Desktop) to be moved back to C:\Users\%userprofile%\ from C:\Users\%userprofile%\OneDrive\. There is no inherent harm in leaving this alone.

 

As for the folder name - that is standard! the C:\Users\ location on a windows install will create a home folder for each user. Since each user needs their own folder, it uses your name (as shared above, that can be seen with "whoami" in command prompt)