Windows 10: After incorrectly moving and then recovering my downloads folder the shortcut in the "This...

While attempting to sync my downloads with OneDrive I forgot to create the new folder and accidentally merged my downloads with OneDrive. Thus, I had no downloads folder and the shortcut for downloads in the "This PC" still had the downloads icon but was called OneDrive and pointed to my OneDrive C:\users\username\OneDrive. Eventually, I managed to fix the problem by creating a downloads folder and editing the registry to the correct location C:\users\username\Downloads. However, the downloads shortcut indicated by the icon in "This PC" is still called OneDrive and still points to C:\us

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moving download folder

Hello,

There are lot of possible causes why you're unable to move your downloaded folder. This may be due to corrupted profile or corrupted system files. For better assistance, we'd like to ask the following:

• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
• Did you make any changes to your computer before experiencing this issue? If yes, can you tell us more about it?
• Just to clarify, are you using the administrator access when moving the downloaded files?

We are looking forward to your reply.

 

Moving download folder

As the link in Post #4 suggests, you have to Move the folder using the Location tab in it's Properties. This will overwrite any files you have in the Download Folder on the Backup drive if they are the same.

Move Location of Downloads Folder in Windows 10

 

Is there any way to get the original icons to display again after the shortcuts are moved into a folder?

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

Please be informed, the view of files, folders, shortcuts etc. will be set to small icons by default, due to which you will not be able to see the shortcut's icon.

I suggest you to follow these steps:

• 
  Click on View
  menu in the menu bar.
  
• 
  Select either of these options
  medium, large or extra-large icons and you will be able to see the icon of the shortcut.
  

In future, if you have any issues related to Windows, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.