Windows 10: After an update all my files & folders are noww located on my desktop.

Using Windows 11.. I recently did a Windows update on my 4 month old Dell desktop and now ALL my files are located on my desktop. THEY ARE NOT SHORT CUTS.I called Dell.. BIG MISTAKE.. and they deleted them and had me reload from my backup. It happened again. Then I called back and the tech said my Desktop and Documents Folders wee reversed and he renamed them.. Problem is still there. I can't rename the folders back because when I tried the messaged wanted to merge everything into Desktop.. THIS IS A MESS.. ANY SUGGESTIONS.. I do have a backup but when I loaded the documents file from that

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After an update all my files & folders are noww located on my desktop.

Using
Windows 11.. I recently did a Windows update on my 4 month old Dell desktop and now ALL my files are located on my desktop. THEY ARE NOT SHORT CUTS.

I called Dell.. BIG MISTAKE.. and they deleted them and had me reload from my backup. It happened again. Then I called back and the tech said my Desktop and Documents Folders wee reversed and he renamed them.. Problem is still there. I can't rename the folders back because when I tried the messaged wanted to merge everything into Desktop..

THIS IS A MESS.. ANY SUGGESTIONS.. I do have a backup but when I loaded the documents file from that it did the same thing.. sent all to Desktop... IS there a box somewhere that got accidently checked???

 

Vista Ultimate - 'User' Folder Location

No tried that.

Can copy the entire folder to D; but Windows still points to C as the location. Can change personal folders location to a folder on D;, but this still leaves hidden files etc on C;. Thus meaning there are 2 Users folders. Have managed to change the Public folder location to D;, with some registry tweaks, but this doesnt seem to work for the entire folder.

any more suggestions

 

"Open file location" or “Save image as” opens to Desktop folder instead of target folder.

Basically, trying to ‘save to a target folder’ or ‘open from a target folder’ goes to the Desktop folder instead of the target folder.



Examples:

• Enter a file name in desktop search bar. List of possible files, desired file is in a target folder within another folder. Right click on desired file, then ‘Open file location’. Result is Desktop folder instead of target folder.
  
• Right click on a folder from the Taskbar File Explorer jump list, it (as normal) gives me a list of Frequent folders I have used. Then, when I right click on one of the frequent folder names, I get the list. The first entry is ‘Open’; the second entry is ‘Open file location’. Left clicking on either of those entries opens the Desktop folder instead of the target folder.
  
• When I am downloading an image from a browser (Save image as), I have selected the target location folder, but it defaults to the Desktop folder. This happens in both Chrome and Edge, each of which has a target folder (not Desktop) download location selected in their Settings section.
  

It seems like the target folder is momentarily opened (perhaps ½ second), then immediately closes and then the Desktop folder shows.



Additional test: When in File Explorer, say, Recent section, right clicking on the item, then Open file location does correctly take me to the Target folder (not to the Desktop folder). And after searching for an item within File Explorer, right clicking on the item, then Open file location works properly (takes me to the Target file location).



So, within File Explorer, Open file location works ok, but outside of File Explorer, Open file location defaults to the Desktop folder instead of target location.



Would appreciate any hints as to why this is happening on Windows 11; did not happen with Windows 10.