Windows 10: File explorer not displaying complete path for certain folders on Windows 11

I want to copy the file path of the download folder from the file explorer address bar. But even though I enabled the option to show the full path, there are a few folders that it refuses to show the full path for. If I go to a random local file I get something like this in the address bar: C:\Users\user\Documents\Temp. When I go to "Downloads" it only shows "Downloads". It should show "C:\Users\user\Downloads" but it does not, it only shows "Downloads". If I right click the download folder in the navigation pane on the left and select copy as path I get \"C:\Users\user\Downloads". If I select

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File explorer not displaying complete path for certain folders on Windows 10.

Hi,



The path mentioned in the above description “c:\users\john\downloads” is similar to “Downloads” located under
Quick access in File explorer.



Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• When you say “You could paste that path into whatever application”, which application are you referring to?
• Is the content displayed in “c:\users\john\downloads” file path similar to “Downloads” located under
  Quick access in File explorer?

It is by design that files and folders saved in any of the system folders in
Users will reflect under same folder in File explorer’s Quick access. Check if the content displayed in “c:\users\john\downloads” file path is similar to “Downloads” located
under Quick access in File explorer.



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File explorer not displaying complete path for certain folders on Windows 10.

Original Title: How to make Windows Explorer display the full folder path for copy/paste

To quickly get the full path to a file in previous Windows versions, you could browse to it in Windows Explorer, then copy the path from the text box near the top of the screen. You could paste that path into whatever application you were using to quickly
browse to the same spot.

In Windows 10, this still works, but only some of the time. For example, if you browse to a folder in your Dropbox, it will work fine. But if you browse to your "Downloads" folder, where earlier Windows versions might have displayed: c:\users\john\downloads,
Windows 10 just says "Downloads", which is useless as a path to a file.

Is there a setting to revert this behaviour to displaying a full file path?

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File explorer not displaying complete path for certain folders on Windows 10.

Hi,



It is by design, the path for downloads does not show the full path in Windows 10, it just shows downloads. You will have to create a new folder and save downloads, then go to
view > folder options > Change folder and search
options > click on View > Click on the option to display the full path in the title bar.



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