Folder created in Windows Explorer not visible in Command Line as SYSTEM user

Hello everyone,
We have an odd behavior with an application installation, which I cannot make much sense of.
We are trying to deploy an application on Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 which tries to access
C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop during installation.
This folder does not exist by default in a Windows 8.1 installation. Hence we am creating this folder using a VBS script manually. The VBS script also launches the application EXE. The setup itself runs under the SYSTEM account (in order to be deployed using
SCCM).
When the install script is launched, we can see in the Windows Explorer that the "Desktop" folder is created in the systemprofile directory. However, to the setup running under the system account, this folder is not visible.
I have verified this by running a command line prompt under the SYSTEM user and navigating to
C:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\. Using the "dir" command does not show you a "Desktop" folder under the EXACT same path.
When we create the Desktop folder from this command prompt, the application installs just fine.
What are we missing? Any inputs are highly appreciated.

Hi,
Might this need to quit the command prompt after the folder creation, then reload it to continue the installation of the software?
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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