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I use a different name for "Documents" folder.

Previously I had to rename it after every windows update, because updates kept changing it back.

Now I am unable to rename it to the same old name anymore. After typing the name and pressing enter, it stays "Documents", without displaying any message. But I still can give it any other name I don't want :)

Is there a way to use my old relevant name?

Oliver Salzburg
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Justinas Dūdėnas
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Navigate into the folder you want to rename and look for desktop.ini.
Open it in any text editor and you'll find this line

LocalizedResourceName=@shell32.dll,-##### (a number)

Now change the string after the equal sign to whatever you want, like this

LocalizedResourceName=My Custom Name

Save and quit. It is not necessary, but recommended, that you set the file to read-only in 'Properties'.

iBug
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First of all: can you create such a folder?

First of all, make sure you can create a folder with the desired name.

Try it upfront: right-click the parent folder, then click New, then click Folder, then type in the desired name, and then press Enter.

Had success? Ok, delete (or not) the created folder.

Could you not create the folder? Try running CHKDSK or, if it didn't work, look for any clues at the eventvwr.msc

Ok, a folder with the desired name can be created

You may try changing the default location of 'My Documents'.

Following (more or less) the instructions from Microsoft (at http://goo.gl/EWvhh0).

  1. right-click the current 'Documents' folder (the one you want to rename)
  2. click Properties, and then click the Location tab
  3. change the path in the text box to the desired one, and then click Apply

  4. Windows will then:

    4.1. try to create the new folder (if it does not exist) 4.2. move the files from the original folder to the new one 4.3. and assume the new folder as THE 'My Documents' folder

If Windows fails at step '4.1', well, man, it's past the time for a clean setup.

(Anyways, this question is so old that I doubt @JustinasDūdėnas still needs it to be answered, that he still is using the troubled Windows 7 setup...)

Marcus Vinicius Pompeu
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One work-around to this issue of renaming and the issue of Documents always reverting it's name after updates may be to simply create a shortcut to the documents folder and rename the shortcut. Place the shortcut where ever you like.

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