Windows 11 Help! I tried to change the name on my user folder now all my files are lost!

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Jordan M I Dawson

Hi,I wanted to rename my user folder from the default on my Windows 11 laptop and I followed a YouTube video to do it.I created a new user with admin privileges, and changed the name of my other original user in the registry editor. I then tried to change the user folder but it wouldn’t let me, saying that I can’t change it while the folder is in use (even though I had already signed out of that user). So I proceeded to log back into my original user but it wouldn’t let me. I tried three times before going back to the temporary user I created to undo what I did. I then had 3 new Temp users on

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