Windows 10: Cant get My documents folder to retore to default

I accidentally changed the location of the my documents folder to what seems to be my desktop. I have followed all the instructions i could find on this forum and internet with no luck. It appears to have duplicated my desktop which is a massive pain for saving documents to the folder.






Here are some screenshots of what im dealing with....

How do i get the my documents folder to go back to normal?

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Changing the name of my default folders (W10) creates side effects

RATIONALE FOR CHANGING DEFAULT FOLDER NAMES:

I have multiple computers on my LAN all connected to one account in the cloud. In the cloud I end up with multiple "Documents" folders and Music folders etc. Which computer owns which "Documents" folder? Which Music folder? etc.

It makes sense to me that if I change the default folder names to include the computer name then I always know the origin of the default folders. Ie: Mist Documents informs me that the documents within are stored on the computer Mist.

The GUI interface grayed out the folder name preventing me from using the standard interface to change their names.

Windows 10 allowed me to change the default folder names if I used the command window. Which I did.

The content is, indeed, in the folder with the changed name. Thus the process appeared to work. I then rebooted.

THE PROBLEM

If i reboot, the operating system (W10) adds the original default folder names on new folders. My data is in the folder with the changed default folder name. Ie: Mist Documents does contain my documents. But now I have not only Mist Documents but also
"Documents" which contains only the minimal default internal folders that all Document default folders contain. If I delete these empty (of my content) default folders, the o/s recreates them upon the next rebooting.

OBJECTIVE

To instruct the operating system to NOT add a "Documents" folder or any other default folder to the User's first level directory (c:\users\username\)

and to ensure that the OS treats my renamed default folders in the same way as the OS treated my original default folders.

 

Unable to change Documents folder to Default Location

Hello all,

Recently I have been having trouble with changing my documents folder from my OneDrive folder to my default on my C: Drive (C:\Users\%User%\Documents). Being on my Admin Account, I have tried to change it in settings (under Storage),
only to find the drop-down menu goes blank after clicking and changing it to C: or D: and reverts after setting it a second time and going out of the "Storage" section.


I have also tried changing the location of "Documents" through File Explorer, only to find if I clock revert, it will come back with an "Access is
Denied" error.

Any ideas as to how to fix this?

Specs:

Item Value

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home

Version 10.0.10240 Build 10240

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name ------------------

System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

System Model H97M-D3H

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU To be filled by O.E.M.

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. F6, 4/21/2015

SMBIOS Version 2.7

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode Legacy

BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

BaseBoard Model Not Available

BaseBoard Name Base Board

Platform Role Desktop

Secure Boot State Unsupported

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.10240.16392"

User Name ---------------------\----------

Time Zone Central Standard Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.87 GB

Available Physical Memory 4.15 GB

Total Virtual Memory 11.5 GB

Available Virtual Memory 6.98 GB

Page File Space 3.63 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

Thanks in advance!

 

Perhaps this may help.
Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10 Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

I would suggest you back up the actual files and folders first.

Another approach would be to use a restore point, if system restore is on and appropriate restore points are available.
(Note- the tutorial section includes a tutorial about scheduling restore point creation)

Note: to give yourself a second chance in the future, please consider using disk imaging routinely- we constantly and strongly urge people to use this- so many advantages. E.g. Macrium Reflect (free) + its boot medium+ external storage for disk image sets.

You can restore Windows or any imaged disk or partition to a previous working version - even to a new disk if yours is unusable.

 

Cheers mate - worked perfectly