Windows 10: I CHANGED THE DOWNLOADS LOCATION TO A FOLDER AND MY ENTIRE DESKTOP IS GONE

Discus and support I CHANGED THE DOWNLOADS LOCATION TO A FOLDER AND MY ENTIRE DESKTOP IS GONE in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I CANT GET MY DESKTOP BACK BECAUSE WHEN I DO CTRL Z IT SAYS THE FOLDER IS NO LONGER FOUNDIS MY ENTIRE DESKTOP GONE FOREVER???IM SO CONFUSED... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by FutureIsmo, Jul 27, 2022.

  1. I CHANGED THE DOWNLOADS LOCATION TO A FOLDER AND MY ENTIRE DESKTOP IS GONE


    I CANT GET MY DESKTOP BACK BECAUSE WHEN I DO CTRL Z IT SAYS THE FOLDER IS NO LONGER FOUNDIS MY ENTIRE DESKTOP GONE FOREVER???IM SO CONFUSED

    :)
     
    FutureIsmo, Jul 27, 2022
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  2. Nicrite Win User

    Vista Ultimate - 'User' Folder Location

    No tried that.

    Can copy the entire folder to D; but Windows still points to C as the location. Can change personal folders location to a folder on D;, but this still leaves hidden files etc on C;. Thus meaning there are 2 Users folders. Have managed to change the Public folder location to D;, with some registry tweaks, but this doesnt seem to work for the entire folder.

    any more suggestions
     
    Nicrite, Jul 27, 2022
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  3. Can I Change My Default Desktop Location??

    Hello Lucas,

    You may change the default location for the desktop and library folders on Windows 10.

    To change the default location of the folders, please follow these steps:

    • Click Start, type This PC and press
      Enter
      .
    • Right-click the Desktop folder and select Properties.
    • Go to Location tab and click Move.
    • Find the new location for the Desktop folder and click
      Select
      Folder.
    • Click OK to finish.

    The steps must be done on each of the library folders.

    Regards.
     
    Devlin Sco, Jul 27, 2022
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  4. I CHANGED THE DOWNLOADS LOCATION TO A FOLDER AND MY ENTIRE DESKTOP IS GONE

    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, Jul 27, 2022
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