Link to user directory displayed with wrong name in start menu

Question

In the start menu the link to my user directory is displayed with a wrong name e.g. foo

When I click on the link in the start menu the explorer opens my correct user directory but the addressbar still names it foo.

However, when I open a cmd from that directory the location is correctly shown as C:\Users\myUserName. Furthermore there is no C:\Users\foo directory.

How can I fix this (i.e. ths link in the startmenu should be named myUserName)?

Answer 1

Searched google and found this interesting thread at techsupportforum.

They propose a solution which look like this:

• regedit on this branch HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{59031A47-3F72-44A7-89C5-5595FE6B30EE}
• delete the (Default) value, which it resets to (value not set) state
• then you will need to restart the explorer.exe process or just simply log out and in