Windows 10: I accidentally merged my Pictures folder with my Data D: drive and now my pictures has the...

Hi! So I was planning to move my documents to my data D to free up some space from the C drive. Apparently when I browsed and watch videos on YouTube to follow some tutorials, I decided to move my pictures too using the properties option. I did that after I changed the storage options in the Settings itself. However, when I finally changed it using the properties option, I forgot to put a folder as its new location. I didn't even think twice before clicking the Yes button not until the pictures folder turned into my Drive D duplicate. Is there a way on how I should fix this? And what if I let it be, will it break my PC or cause major errors?


I really wanna free up some space but I guess I did a huge mistake : I'm really scared if this breaks my new PC...

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Pictures Folder Accidentally Remapped to D:\

[UPDATE]

I remapped the Pictures folder to C:\Users\[username]\Pictures even though the Pictures folder didn't exist, chose not to have my files automatically moved, then remapped it a second time to my intended destination at D:\Pictures. The folder name was then reverted
back to Pictures and any relation to the D drive was removed!

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Hello all,

I recently re-installed Windows and was in the process of mapping the media libraries listed under This PC from C drive to my D drive when under Pictures, I accidentally selected D:/ in the Select a Destination GUI. I had selected my existing Pictures folder
yet it selected the entire D drive. It now behaves like the actual D drive when I right-click on the Pictures folder under This PC and select Properties, except the Location tab is still there. When I attempt to remap the folder to D:\Pictures, a dialog box
appears, telling me that the specified path is invalid. When I try to remap the folder to C:\Users\[username]\Pictures in an attempt to troubleshoot, there is no Pictures folder there yet when I create a New Folder and rename it to Pictures, I'm told that
a Pictures folder exists. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Accidentally merged user pictures folder with (G drive.

Thank you for your reply. The problem is when I relocated the user Pictures folder to G drive I never created a folder for it inside G drive, so it's now the entire G drive and the pictures folder and videos folder got merged with the drive itself. Check the last screenshot from my IMGUR link and compare that to step 3 from the option one tutorial you linked. When I try to click revert to default location I'm afraid it will move my entire G drive and its contents to the C:/User/example/Pictures.

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I've moved shared Pictures folder to another drive but didn't name it Solved - Windows 10 Forums
I found someone with the same problem as mine and you told them to do the same thing and it worked for them. I should trust your expertise and try it then.

 

I've accidentally replaced my User folder with my Pictures folder

3. In the Reece folder, create a new folder named Pictures. You will now see two Pictures folders, the original one with a pictures icon, the new one as a plain folder.

When I try to follow this step I get asked if I want to merge the folder





Do I select Yes?