Windows 10: Changing default Documents location in Win11

I recently installed Windows 11 on my existing computer, after replacing some hardware. The C drive had to be overwritten during the install, so my existing defaults for storage were lost. I have an existing Documents folder on another D: drive, and I would like to redirect default storage to this location. My initial attempts to do this, generated an error message to the effect that the change couldn't be implemented because there was an existing folder, apparently in C. It seemed like this was likely a OneDrive issue, as changing the name of the target folder didn't solve the problem.I tri

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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.

 

Unable to restore default location of Documents.

I am using Windows 11 with OneDrive. OneDrive will not allow me restore default location of my documents folder. The only document folder that is available is the one listed in Users/Marc/OneDrive. When I try to restore default location through the properties dialog box, it asks if I want to create a documents folder, then I get the do you want to move all items which I agree to, but then I get an error message. The error message states the folder can't be moved. The full dialog is "Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same location that can't be redirected. Access is denied."

I have full control under security and there is no other document folder in Users/Marc/.

Any suggestions on how I can get the default document folder back and just use OneDrive backup so that it can be used strictly as a cloud backup for my document folder?

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Changed Videos folder and can't reset it to default or change it

Thank you for posting back.

We suggest that you check this
article about "How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder"
and try the troubleshooting steps provided there to change the the default location of your Videos folder.

Let us know if you need further assistance.