Windows 10: Documents and Pictures location is in OneDrive folder and i cant restore them to default...

I set up OneDrive because i thought it would be useful, discovered that it only has 5gb of Free Space, all of my folders and files in documents and pictures have a small icon beside them and the thumbnails arent loading, its annoying and i dont like it so i unlink OneDrive from my pc, all of the symbols are gone and thumbnails are back, but the location is still in OneDrive, its not like its a major problem but i still want it to revert back to the original so i go open properties, click in location and click restore to default, but then it just says "Cant move the folder because there is a fo

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Can't restore Documents folder to default location

AFTER deleting the OneDrive app (Office 2013) and making a copy of the contents to another drive I noticed that my documents are now actually saving in:

===>c:\users\admin\documents\onedrive\documents.

Again, this is after I had deleted the OneDrive program and making a copy of the contents of My documents in the OneDrive cloud.

I tried to move the documents and also restore to the default location at:

===> c:\users\admin\documents

... but when I try to do that, I get an error:

"The folder can't be move here
Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same location that can't be redirected. Access is denied."

So how do I restore the Documents folder to each default location? I'd appreciate suggestions or a link to a solution. Thanks.

EDIT: Never mind. Found a batch file which worked with the registry. Solved. Here's the solution:

Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10

 

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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Location on Documents folder and Pictures folder has been changed to OneDrive

Instead of unlinking and uninstalling OneDrive, you probably should just change its auto save behavior.

Use the OneDrive app settings to change where your files are saved by default.

In the Notifications area at the bottom of your Windows screen, right-click the OneDrive icon and click Settings. You might have to click Show hidden icons to find OneDrive.

In the Settings box, on the Auto save tab, under Documents and Pictures, click the list at Documents or Pictures and pick the default save location you want.

This PC only - When you create a file, the Documents or Pictures folder under This PC is the first-choice location offered to save it. The file is not saved to OneDrive unless you do so separately, and it is available only on the PC you used to save it.

OneDrive - When you create a file, the first location offered is within the Documents or Pictures folder under OneDrive. Because these folders sync to your PC, files you save there are available on your PC, even when it's not connected to the Internet. And
you can use any device with an Internet connection to access your files.

Note: No matter which default setting you choose, you still can select the save location you want each time you save a file. When you click Save for new files or Save As for existing files, click OneDrive or This PC and then pick a folder to save your file
to.

Find and move your files

The Documents and Pictures folders exist in both This PC and OneDrive, which might make them easy to mix up. If you've mistakenly saved a file - for example, you save a file to the Documents folder in your PC instead of the Documents folder in OneDrive, use
File Explorer or the OneDrive app to drag the files where you want them.

From the Start menu, click the OneDrive tile to open the OneDrive app built into File Explorer.

In the file list on the right, browse to find the file you want to move, and drag it to the correct folder in the folder list on the left.