Windows 10: I removed the downloads folder

Discus and support I removed the downloads folder in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; no but actually, help I completely removed the downloads folder from my pc, and everything I now download gets send to the desktop.Lemme explain how... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Cookiegamer500, Sep 14, 2022.

  1. I removed the downloads folder


    no but actually, help I completely removed the downloads folder from my pc, and everything I now download gets send to the desktop.Lemme explain how this happened. I want to keep my C-Disk as empty as possible since it is just about 400GB so I recently started to clean up the disk a little by moving stuff to my E-Disk of abt 4TB. It went well until I decided to move the downloads folder to the E-Disk, the next part I am NOT proud of so I decided to do that by moving it to the E-Disk directly and removing it from the C-Disk, Big mistake. But you may say 'oh, just take it of of the recicle bi

    :)
     
    Cookiegamer500, Sep 14, 2022
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  2. 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, Sep 14, 2022
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  3. enso Win User
    Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

    Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

    • I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.


    • Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.
    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

    Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.
     
  4. topgundcp Win User

    I removed the downloads folder

    Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


    Suggestion:
    1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
      x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
    2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
    3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
    4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
      NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.
     
    topgundcp, Sep 14, 2022
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