Windows 10: Cannot relocate Documents/Pictures anymore from the default location

Discus and support Cannot relocate Documents/Pictures anymore from the default location in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Part of my job is to login to customer's laptops who bought them from us for a tuning session. I often advice them to NOT connect to the internet while... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Spartan, Aug 13, 2020.

  1. Spartan Win User

    Cannot relocate Documents/Pictures anymore from the default location


    Part of my job is to login to customer's laptops who bought them from us for a tuning session. I often advice them to NOT connect to the internet while creating the account during the initial setup wizard otherwise they will be forced to sign in with a Microsoft account.

    That is not an issue even if they forgot as I can simply convert the account back to a local one but what I've noticed recently in Windows 10 Build 2004 is that the Documents/Pictures folder goes to the OneDrive folder as a location by default since they might've signed in with a Microsoft account, I am able to change the location of all other user libraries like Favorites, Music, Videos, Downloads but NOT Documents or Pictures. It throws in a permissions warning. I have tried setting it to the everyone group, exiting OneDrive, even signing out of it and uninstalling OneDrive but those 2 folders are locked and you can't change the location.

    Anyone noticed this if they installed Windows 10 on a new machine recently?

    :)
     
    Spartan, Aug 13, 2020
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  2. mrgeek Win User

    Correct Directory Location For Pictures Folder

    "Now Documents, Videos etc say file location is This PC. But Pictures file location is C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures."

    If we understand you correctly, the issue is that Pictures doesn't appear in the left panel under This PC. The correct location IS C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures. This is only an issue of using Step 8 in the tutorial to add it back to the list. See if this screenshot is what you want to achieve- put Pictures folder back in list on L.


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    mrgeek, Aug 13, 2020
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  3. Mewpraew Win User
    Relocate folder locations

    I got myself into this mess. Please pleaseee, if anyone could help me solving it I'd be really grateful since it's driving me mad.

    Initially I wanted to relocate my main folders such as Documents/Music/Downloads etc. into new location. However, I somehow managed to combine the 'target location' of Downloads, Pictures and Music together and for the life of me, I cannot split them.

    I tried to relocation each one to the new assigned folder but they ended up combining anyway.

    i also tried restore to default for each of them.

    Since I also suck at explaining, here is the photo attached below


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    Mewpraew, Aug 13, 2020
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  4. Yolvi Ell Win User

    Cannot relocate Documents/Pictures anymore from the default location

    Documents Destination

    The next troubleshooting step we suggest is to restore the default location of the folders. To do this, follow these steps:


    • Right-click the Start button.

    • Choose File Explorer.

    • Type shell:UsersFilesFolder in the address bar.

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    • Right-click the Documents folder.

    • Click the Location tab.

    • Click Restore Default.

    • Click OK.



    Follow the same steps to restore the default location for your Pictures folder.



    Give these steps a shot and check if the folders are unlinked from OneDrive.
     
    Yolvi Ell, Aug 13, 2020
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