Renaming libraries in Windows Explorer

Hi there,
I am trying to separate my business documents into separate libraries to manage my file limits a bit better.
The site is called 'Condell Financial'.
I have created several libraries within this site (e.g. 'accounting & tax', 'client files', 'staffing', etc). When I sync these libraries to windows explorer they show up with the file name 'Condell Financial - accounting & ta', 'Condell Financial
- client files', etc.
When I try to rename these libraries in explorer to make them shorter, it says "the action cannot be completed because the folder or a file in it is open in another program. Close the folder and try again."
I have closed all of the files and folders on my PC but I still get this message.
Its annoying because when the file names are too long, it just cuts off the end of them ('accounting & tax' is now 'accounting & ta').
Is there a workaround for this?
Any help would be much appreciated

Once a Document Library is created, you cannot rename the DL hard coded name which you access using explorer view. You can always delete and create a new DL.
Moreover from Explorer view you can never create a DL, you can always create a folder. to create a DL you will have to use Designer or browser view.
You can change the display name as below:
https://reason.kzoo.edu/is/software/sharepoint/howto_rename/

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