Is "Document and Settings" useful

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I'm building a VB control that displays folders and files much like File Explorer does.

If I look at the ms docs for KNOWNFOLDERID I do not see a display name "Documents and Settings" for Windows 10.

But when I open Windows' File Explore in Windows 10 I do see a folder called "Documents and Settings"

It shows the same contents as the folder "Users"

Seems redundant and unneeded.

I believe it relates to and entry in KnownFolders.h: FOLDERID_Documents

Maybe the text comes from SHGetLocalizedName but I haven't checked that yet.

Maybe MS included it in SHGetLocalizedName for completeness, buy why included it in File Explorer.

I'm tempted to remove "Document and Settings" from my tree but I wonder why MS included it and do not want to be missing something.

Is there any reason I should leave it in my tree?

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