Windows 11 Deleted folder keeps reappearing on multiple devices (Not using OneDrive)

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This is an issue I've had over the course of over five years and across three systems: In 2018, on a PC running Windows 10 (PC A), I accidentally made a folder in my user drive (C:\Users\[username]). I'll call this folder "aaa" (C:\Users\[username]\aaa) because its actual name is someone's real name. I cannot recall what I ever did to it, but it very likely always remained empty. Not long after I made the folder, I deleted it. On the next sign-in, I noticed it was back, but still empty and with a creation date of about when I logged in. This cycle continued and I could never remove the folder

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