Windows 10: I accidentally moved my downloads folder location to desktop. How Do I undo it and get back...

So, I was trying fix the issue of my downloads not showing in download folder and I moved my downloads folder location to desktopStupid move. How can I undo it without losing my existing files?

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Messed up moving location of Desktop

Access the Properties page of the desktop folder.

Click the "Location" tab.

Click "Restore Default"

Choose No when you see the “Do you want to move all the files from the old location” prompt. [**Important Step**]

(This restores the desktop shell folder to its default location.)

Now, redo the procedure and type "D:\Desktop" in the Location tab, and click OK.

Move the files in d:\ to "D:\Desktop" manually.

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Moving Locations of User Pictures and Desktop folders caused contents of Pictures folder to disappear, and contents of Desktop to appear in Pictures

Hi TS. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, specializing in Installation, Performance, Troubleshooting and Activation, here to help you.

This can happen if you don't first create a folder by the same name in the target location to move the shell User folder into from the Location Tab > Move. If you don't do this then it turns the folder chosen into the shell User folder and dumps the files into it's root.

To undo this here is how to locate the Shell User folder and restore it to default location, or if it has become lost to recreate it from scratch in the default location:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/23504-resto...

If you didn't choose the additional step to move the files into the new location, then the files would remain in the old location. They cannot go anywhere else, you either choose to move them to the new location, and because you choose your Wife's User Profile folder and not a new Pictures folder there that you had created, they'd all be in her User Profile folder. If you didn't choose to move them, theyd be in the old location in a now-unofficial Pictures folder that it was moved from.

The way to tell which is the official Shell user folder is that it will have a document, picture, music note, down arrow or desktop icon on the front, and a Location Tab in it's Properties where you move it or Restore to default location.

If you moved Pictures into your Wife's User folder and have turned it into the Pictures folder, here is how to undo that specific scenario:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/116167-undo...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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Move folder location question?

Hello, *Smile Yes, you could use the same method to move each folder you want from "C" to "E". If "E" becomes unavailable, so will your folders. You will be able to move the folder back to "C" or other location, but the data will not move with the folder if "E" is not available.

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