Windows 10: Problems with directory structure in Windows 11

I'm having great difficulty managing the new Directory Structure in Windows 11. Windows keeps creating a second "OneDrive" Desktop!! My personal desktop is NOT onedrive....I'm only one person and want all my desktop stuff going to my personal desktop....Not Onedrive

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Directory Structure

I really hate the windows directory structure. It is so confusing due to being able to access files under several folder names. I would like a simple file structure with no shortcuts and starts with C: drive. Then everything falles under c:. Allow the
user to set up any shortcuts they may want.

Is there any third party software to do what I want?

 

Windows 11 File Structure

Microsoft pushed Windows 11 to my laptop, but my desktop machine is still on Windows 10. It would be nice to have both machines on the same OS. However...

The file stucture in Windows 11 is really confusing. There is a desktop link on top and another desktop link inside it. Everything on the desktop is listed in the top desktop folder, and then in another desktop folder within the top desktop folder. Pictures and music and videos are listed in the top desktop structure and then again in a folder called Libraries. Desktop files are also repeated in the C drive folder>Users>MyName>desktop.

Why is everything listed in multiple places in the file structure? Can I change that file structure? How? I'm afraid to just delete the folder called desktop inside the top desktop folder.

 

Directory Structure

I have read the exchange gerzyt/sam around 20th May 2016 regarding seemingly duplicated directories. I have hit the same problem OneDrive unintentionally being installed. I have since un installed it!

In Explorer I have a Directory structure This PC\Documents; This PC\Pictures etc. I have ALSO ended up with OS(C\Users\paulr\OneDrive\Documents.....\Pictures etc.

My question is, are the files that are stored in the sub directories of This PC\Documents and the ..\...\OneDrive\Documents the same? i.e do they POINT to the same files or are they copies stored seperately.

Essentially if I DELETE the files in the OneDrive subdirectories will they ALSO disappear from the This PC directories?? How do I "clean out" safely the OneDrive Directory?