i renamed user folder by accident then all my desk,preferences, firefox signets have disapeared.....
But i can see there is still a folder called "desk" which is my good old desk so someone can tell me if there is a solution to recover everything by renaming something or anyhing plz ?
Rename both folders so that your user folder has its original name, log out, and log back in. Alternatively, move the content of your renamed folder to the current one.
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2 questions;
1/ what do u mean by login and logout ? you mean only shut down and boot up the computer ?
2/ i said that a folder called "desk" was my good old desk but i did not say i had 2 "users" folder ?.... so when you say renamed bith folders i dont understand what you mean and what you try to do ?
1. Choose Log Out from the Apple menu. If you want, you can shut it down and restart it instead.
2. If you improperly rename your home folder, the system will create a new one. The folder with your data needs to be located in the Users folder with its original name.
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no this is a nightmare it does not work..... help what can i do ??
problem is i dunno where the good folder is ..... i know where is my good desk folder but not my good user folder
Open the desk folder and see if that's it; if so, put it in the Users folder with its original name. If not, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, provide /Users/ as the path, and check the folders there. If it's not there, search your computer for a file which is located in the good folder, select it, choose Get Info from the Apple menu, and check its path.
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"f it's not there, search your computer for a file which is located in the good folder, select it, choose Get Info from the Apple menu, and check its path."
but how am i supposed to recognise what is the good folder ???
what i just know is i renamed user folder by accident and now everythings gone, even my desk picture has changed ! .....
Search the computer for a file which you remember as being in the good folder.
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do i need to refind the folder whith the name i renamed it or the folder before i renamed it ?
You need to find a file contained in it, navigate up to it, give it its original name, and then put it in the Users folder.
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okay i found the good user folder now what im supposed to do ! ?
Rename it so that it has its original name and put it in the Users folder. Log out and back in or shut down and restart the computer.
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he already has his original name !! ???
Open the Users folder, change the name of the folder with the house icon to anything else(it doesn't matter what name you give it), put the good folder in Users, log out or shut down, and log in or restart.
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dont understand, i did what you said but i did not recovere anything !
i renamed user folder by accident...
