MontgomeryMinds
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Here's the problem in a nutshell:

This is Windows 11 Home 24H2 on a Dell Inspiron 16 just purchased from BestBuy in-store.
OOBE updated Windows.
OOBE logged in with microsoft account.
OneDrive was automatically, and unconditionally started with "Important PC Folders" ON, and thus relocated to under
Fine, but look at the Location tab in Properties for Documents. (above; Desktop and Pictures are fine).
In File Explorer everything looks right:

Those two chars are Chinese and translate to "Documents". So it's just the Chinese version of the default name.

The two chars are pasted here in case you're using Unicode:
文档
The html codes are:
The other place it appears is:
Excel -> Open -> This PC
At the top it has the Chinese characters:

These are the chars appearing in the registry at
and
Here's screenshots of them:


I think I can just rename them in the registry and everything will be fine. Can anybody confirm?

This is Windows 11 Home 24H2 on a Dell Inspiron 16 just purchased from BestBuy in-store.
OOBE updated Windows.
OOBE logged in with microsoft account.
OneDrive was automatically, and unconditionally started with "Important PC Folders" ON, and thus relocated to under
%userprofile%/OneDrive
folder.Fine, but look at the Location tab in Properties for Documents. (above; Desktop and Pictures are fine).
In File Explorer everything looks right:

Those two chars are Chinese and translate to "Documents". So it's just the Chinese version of the default name.

The two chars are pasted here in case you're using Unicode:
文档
The html codes are:
文档
The other place it appears is:
Excel -> Open -> This PC
At the top it has the Chinese characters:

These are the chars appearing in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
and
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Here's screenshots of them:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

I think I can just rename them in the registry and everything will be fine. Can anybody confirm?
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