Windows 10: Desktop And Document User Files Merged

I don't know if this subreddit is used for Windows 10 support but I am new to Windows and I accidentally merged my Desktop and Documents folders. I have looked online for hours and I tried fixing it through regedit and I still can't figure it out. Please help me, I am borderline crying because I have spent so long trying to fix this problem. Here is a picture to better understand what I am saying.

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Merge Document Folders

Bob,

To remove any need for cross-referencing to that other thread I gave you a link to, here are the paras I was suggesting that you consider.

1 You can create a folder structure of your own on the HDD and just start using it. No grand schemes are required. No OS alterations are required.
- It is common to have the following folders but they can be named & arranged however you want: Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures.
- You will probably also want to create a Desktop folder [see #4 below].
- You can also divide Documents into subfolders for your main lines of effort and each of these can be further subdivided.
- Just by way of example & nothing more, my own Documents folder is divided into: Business, Personal, Common, Suppliers, InfoSys

2 You can augment that by opening each one of your applications and saving a test file to your Documents folder then opening a test file from that folder. Doing this makes most applications look there first in the future and that saves messing about browsing around the folders.

3 You can augment that by checking the Options / Preferences within each of you applications to see if a default folder can be nominated there as well.

4 You can augment that by 'relocating' the Desktop user folder [that has been created by Windows] to your HDD.
- This is by default in C:\Users\[YourUserName]\Desktop but the system can be told to use the folder you have created on your HDD instead.
- The TenForumsTutorial listed above can walk you through the whole procedure.

5 You can augment that by 'relocating' other user folders [that have been created by Windows] such as the Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures to your HDD.
- These are by default in C:\Users\[YourUserName]\Documents etc but the system can be told to use the folders you have created on your HDD instead.
- The TenForumsTutorials listed above can walk you through the whole procedure for each one.
- Not everybody bothers with this step and some think that it conveys no benefit. I have done each of them.

Denis

 

Merge Document Folders

Perhaps they 'relocated' the user folders to the E:\ drive so that the main drive would then be clear for reinstalling the OS.

I'll be ready for your questions about the additional steps in post #11 and your backup planning.

Denis

 

May have merged user and desktop

I was moving my desktop, documents, music, etc. folders to another drive to free up space on my C drive. I may have merged these folders with the users folder at some point. At first every file when into the desktop. Also desktop, documents, music, etc.
now all have the same name "documents". Plus the original "desktop" content is not on the desktop anymore. There are now multiple desktop folders.