Windows 10: Help I accidentally merged my documents folder and my users folder!

while O was moving things around my documents and users folder got merged

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Accidentally merged User and Documents folders

Hello,

I was moving some files around on my hard drive and I accidentally merged my User folder with my Documents folder. So in my C:\User directory instead of seeing C:\Users\MyName I see C:\Users\Documents. Seen below:





I have looked through a few different forums on how to fix my mistake, but I am not 100% sure on how to fix it. I believe that I need to make a change in the registry because the data field for "Personal" is %USERPROFILE% and not %USERPROFILE%\Documents.

Can anyone help me with some steps that I can follow so I can resolve my mistake? I don't want to mess up the registry and hurt my machine. Thanks in advance!

 

Merge Document Folders

Perhaps they 'relocated' the user folders to the E:\ drive so that the main drive would then be clear for reinstalling the OS.

I'll be ready for your questions about the additional steps in post #11 and your backup planning.

Denis

 

Accidentally merged User and Documents folders

Hi Adalo_22

Yes you are correct, that is merged, open the Registry Editor, it should still be on the same page

Double click Personal and set its value data to:

%USERPROFILE%\Documents

Also, double click the DWORD at the top indicated in the image below and set that to the same value and set its value data to the same value

When that completes, close the Registry Editor and restart your PC

That will reset the location of that library folder

You may need to manually move files and folders from your users folder back into Documents

Please Note, the icon on your Documents folder may not change immediately, but it will, it just takes Explorer a while to catch up on changes made in the registry . . .