Windows 10: Capture Folder Missing From Capture Setting

So I was attempting to move the location of my capture to a different hard drive but I messed up something and I'm not exactly sure what went wrong. The end result being my capture location became my video folder. Creating a new capture folder doesn't seem to fix this. Is there any solution or is it doomed?

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Adjust capture settings on Windows 10 (Change capture Folder location)

Hi Hussein,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern. As you have selected root of a drive (D while changing the captures folder location and not created and selected a folder for the same. Hence, you are facing the issue. However, could you please let us know the exact
error message you are getting while changing to default location.



I would also suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check if you can restore default settings.

1. Go to Settings.
   
2. Click on Gaming > Game DVR (on the left pane).
   
3. Click on Open folder under
   Save screenshots and game clips.
   
4. Right click on empty space and select
   Properties.
   
5. Then go to Location tab and click on
   Restore Default.
   
6. Click on Apply > OK >
   Yes
   
7. If you still facing the issue, please try by opening
   Xbox app.
   
8. Click on Settings > Game DVR.
   
9. Click on Open folder under
   Saving captures and perform step 4, 5,
   6.
   

If you are able to restore default settings successfully, please follow the steps mentioned below to change Captures folder location.

1. Go to Settings.
   
2. Click on Gaming > Game DVR.
   
3. Click on Open folder under
   Save screenshots and game clips.
   
4. Right click on empty space and select Properties.
   
5. Then go to Location tab and click on
   Move.
   
6. Browse to the new location that you prefer.
   
7. Click on New folder and create a folder.
   
8. Highlight same folder using left click and click on
   Select Folder.
   
9. Then click on Apply > OK >
   Yes.
   

You may also want to refer
Adjust capture settings on Windows 10 for more details.







Regards.

 

Changed location of captured video

Hi,

If you can no longer see the location option on the capture folder, you may restore your Game DVR Captures folder location settings. After restoring the game DVR Captures folder location settings, then you can change your Game DVR Captures folder location
again. To do this, you may follow the steps below:

How to restore Game DVR Captures folder location settings

• Open File Explorer.
• Browse to the Captures folder location.
• Right-click the Captures folder and select Properties.
• Click the Location tab.
• Click the Restore Defaults button.
• Click Apply.
• Click Yes to recreate the folder in the old location.
• Click Yes to move the content of the Captures folder to the old location, and wait a few moments.
• Click OK.

Note: After you've completed the steps, the Captures folder will return with all its content to its default location: C:\Users\%username%\Videos\Captures.

After performing the steps above, try to change the location of your captured video.

Kindly update us with the results.

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Unable to "move" Captures folder for Xbox Bar Captures

Thanks for the reply!

I am unable to follow those steps. As I mentioned, there is no "Captures" folder. It points directly to the temp folder, and there is no Captures folder for me to edit. When I go into the properties on the temp folder, I have no "location" tab, so nothing can be changed.