Windows 10: Can't revert documents and pictures folders rto default location on C: drive

Discus and support Can't revert documents and pictures folders rto default location on C: drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Since the latest install of W10 it appears that the documents and pictures folders on my PC are in fact in the ONeDrive folder and not at all where... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by cft100, Apr 8, 2019.

  1. cft100 Win User

    Can't revert documents and pictures folders rto default location on C: drive


    Since the latest install of W10 it appears that the documents and pictures folders on my PC are in fact in the ONeDrive folder and not at all where they used to be. I do not want them in the OneDrive folder! I want them on my PC where they always used to be. However when I try to revert the folder location to the default setting in Properties for the folder (C://User/documents) and try to copy all the folders from the onedrive location to the default location, I get an incomprehensible error message that says: 'Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same location that cannot be redirected. Access is denied.'


    Help please, how to stop using onedrive as the default location for documents and pictures?

    :)
     
    cft100, Apr 8, 2019
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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, Apr 8, 2019
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  3. Stevekir Win User
    Default Locations Two folders messed up


    Here is how I did what the OP wants:

    My C drive is on an ssd. Because I needed more space than the ssd offered, I wanted my four most important folders (Documents, Pictures, Music and Video) to be on the much bigger internal hard drive (Drive D). This involved manually making four (in my case) new (target) folders with the same names on that internal hard drive (D). (To do that, I opened Drive D and did Right Click > New.) Then, after a few more steps, Windows was configured to thereafter Redirect (the formal word/command) all save, open etc commands to those target folders rather than the default ones on the C drive. The step-by-step instructions are on the following Web site:

    After the actions in the Web site have been followed, the following windows will appear when you press This PC or File Explorer:

    Attachment 150088This shows View > Tiles. (You might need to scroll at the top of the window to select Tiles - Tiles is just my favourite).

    But the Documents etc, are empty. That's OK. Redirection only operates on newly created files. Note the Web site gives instructions about about Moving (not copying) all your existing files to the new folders.

    To test, create a dummy file and save it to Documents (navigate to Documents and note in passing that it is now filled with your existing files). Then press This PC or File Explorer (to open the same window in the attachments to this message). Confirm again that all your existing files and the dummy file are in Documents. As before, you see only one set of Documents etc. folders but they are actually on Drive D. Repeat for as many folders as you want. I redirected four in all. Simple.

    All this is not as complex as looking at the instructions implies.
     
    Stevekir, Apr 8, 2019
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  4. Can't revert documents and pictures folders rto default location on C: drive

    Downloads folder is the Documents folder

    Hi Chris,

    Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

    I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

    Step 1:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Download folder.
    • Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.


    Step 2:

    Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

    • Go to Documents folder.
    • Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
    • In Properties go to Location tab.
    • In location Tab Click on Restore Default.
    After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

    Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Prabhavathi Patil, Apr 8, 2019
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