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BUG: When searching for folders, some won't open as Flow Launcher replaced my username with the term 'administrator' #4204

@PsychoticChemist

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When searching for folders with Flow Launcher, suddenly most folders that would normally be under "C:\Users\Max" (my username is Max) are now displayed as "C:\Users\Administrator". I don't have a Users folder called 'administrator'. Here's what I see when I search for my documents folder:

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When I try to open the documents folder as shown, I get the following error:

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The Flow Launcher error log is attached. If anyone can help me solve this problem I would seriously appreciate it. Thank you.

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Flow Launcher Version

2.03

Windows Build Number

10.0.26100.7462

Error Log

2026-01-08.txt

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