Windows 10: I accidentally merged Desktop folder and Documents folder

I accidentally merged Desktop folder and Documents folder. Please help me!

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Two Documents folders but no Desktop folder

Hi Martin,

Thank you for that information..

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In the registry, it does not matter if the path to the users folder is shown or if %USERPROFILE%\ is used, they would be the same folder, but %USERPROFILE%\ is actually better.

2

Language:

If you create a new folder in this process, you can use your language or English, provided you use the same name for the folder in the registry.

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So, the Desktop is not merged into the Documents folder, the Documents folder is merged into the Desktop folder

Please disregard the steps above, here are the new steps.

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In File Explorer, in your user folder, right click and create a new folder and name it Documents.

Close File Explorer

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Open the Registry Editor again.

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Double click {F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756}, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Documents

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Double click Personal, set its Value Data to this and click OK

%USERPROFILE%\Documents

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Close the Registry Editor and restart your PC

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That will have separated the two folders, you may need to manually move files from the Desktop into the Documents folder

 

Accidental merge of desktop folder with User folder

hello, I was moving my user folder from my SSD to my HDD, I first started with the desktop folder but decided to move it back, I ended up merging my user and desktop file.

I also restarted the computer after the error and all of the shortcuts on the desktop don't work anymore as well and show a planet icon

I Have tried to follow the answer to this question, but it didn't work:

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Accidentally merged User and Documents folders

Hello,

I was moving some files around on my hard drive and I accidentally merged my User folder with my Documents folder. So in my C:\User directory instead of seeing C:\Users\MyName I see C:\Users\Documents. Seen below:





I have looked through a few different forums on how to fix my mistake, but I am not 100% sure on how to fix it. I believe that I need to make a change in the registry because the data field for "Personal" is %USERPROFILE% and not %USERPROFILE%\Documents.

Can anyone help me with some steps that I can follow so I can resolve my mistake? I don't want to mess up the registry and hurt my machine. Thanks in advance!