Windows 10: In Windows 11 , when I click on File Manager , it redirects me to This PC which I prefer...

So when I click on the file manager icon in taskbar , i only see my drives and not the folders.The folders that I am talking about is "Desktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures"It was there in Win 10 but not in Win 11. Is there a way to get it back?I have also attached a screenshotAny help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you

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Redirect a system file problem

Thank you, dalchina. I did use the location tab and I've done it many times over the years - so I wasn't following the tut and didn't use proper care by making a system backup first. Lesson learned (again)!

I'm not entirely sure how I did it, but it now appears to be fixed. I followed a suggestion in another thread that I happened on.
the steps were:
1. make a new downloads folder in the destination location of choice
2. right click on the "wrong" shortcut - D:\ in my case & select Properties
3. In the path field, simply change it to your preferred destination and click APPLY
4. You'll get a request to confirm the redirection - click No
5. Click OK in your D:\ window
Restart.

After restarting, I opened File Explorer and the Downloads system folder seems to be where I want it - D:\DOWNLOADS
I manually moved a few files into it.
There are no error messages.
It sounds to easy to actually be true, so I'm not publishing this to the world yet.

Berton, thanks for chiming in. Your solution certainly works, but I don't want to have to think about yet another "maintenance" step if I can possibly avoid it.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Redirect

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