Windows 10: 'Documents' Folder Nightmare!! because of Onedrive

Discus and support 'Documents' Folder Nightmare!! because of Onedrive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; HiMy son got a new laptop. Had no idea that everything was being saved in 'Documents' in the Onedrive.Moved everything from there to PC Documents... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by JenDingbat, Sep 29, 2021.

  1. 'Documents' Folder Nightmare!! because of Onedrive


    HiMy son got a new laptop. Had no idea that everything was being saved in 'Documents' in the Onedrive.Moved everything from there to PC Documents wasn't much and Unlinked to the OneDrive. But in the Library, Documents location is still the Onedrive folder and NOT the PC one.Following someone else's post with similar question, I've gone into properties of the Documents in the Library, location and clicked on 'Restore Default', It first says "The Folder "C:\Users\XYZ\Documents" does not exist. would you like to create it?"I click yes, it then says "Can't move the folder because there is a

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    JenDingbat, Sep 29, 2021
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  2. Why I have TWO Documents folders?

    ok so lemme start off my saying i recently wiped my system and installed windows 10
    and i noticed even more recently that i seem to have TWO documents folders...
    i have one that has nothing that it should in it and the other somehow is linked to Onedrive...
    the onedrive linked one has everything that the non onedrive should. (game saves, etc)
    my question is...why? is this normal cause i can't imagine it is...
    i don't think steam game save cloud will work with onedrive so i need to know, is this fixable WITHOUT another wipe? i have no idea how my onedrive got synced with my documents folder. i didn't set it up that way. any help is appreciated!
    thanks!
     
    TheMatt1984, Sep 29, 2021
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  3. 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, Sep 29, 2021
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  4. 'Documents' Folder Nightmare!! because of Onedrive

    OneDrive app opening Documents folder

    Long story short... When I click on my OneDrive app, it opens my Documents folder (folder in 'This PC').

    This evening I changed the location of my Documents folder to within OneDrive, and then tried to return it which somehow ended up with 'OneDrive' replacing 'Documents' in the 'This PC' list... I used a .bat file to restore 'Documents to the correct place here, but there still appears to be an issue with Onedrive.

    Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to fix this?

    Thank you!
     
    LAndersonBurton, Sep 29, 2021
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