Windows 10: Is win 10 file/folder structure the same as Win 7 Pro

Just set up or second Win 10 system...intact, activated and operating. Now...I have all photos-doces-etc from old Win 7 Pro on an Acronis 2013 image file

Question is...to restore doc-photos etc to new 10 setup...will all "folders" match according ly to the Win 10 and previous Win 7 structure ?

In other words...will the My Documents in Win 7 restore directly to My Documents in Win 10 ? Not restore the entire tib of coarse...since it is a Win 7 complete image...but can I restore all necessary files/folders I want off the Win 7 image directly one by one into the proper Win 10 active system folders ?

Thanks....TiminAz

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Windows 10 - Cannot adjust theme settings

All Windows system folders are Read Only, but you should be able to create new files inside that folder. The OS is not going to let you change that attribute (nor should you) because it may result in system instability. System folders are set Read Only to
prevent accidental (or intentional) renaming or deletion.

If you check a Windows 7 machine at the same location (%systemroot%\media) you will find the Sound Theme folders and they too are Read Only. You should be able to Copy and Paste data into those folders though. I just tested it on my Win 10 machine and it
worked. If you can connect to a machine across your network that has the files you want, try copying them to you Win 10 computer.

I am surprised that there was nothing in the themes folders, because my Win 10 PC has files in those folders. I did upgrade from Win 7 Pro to Win 10 Pro so that may be how the folders got populated with files. I just tested copying files from a Win 7 machine
to the Win 10 machine and it worked so give it a try.

 

File Sharing between homegroup computers using Win 10 and Win 7

None of he suggestions offered have solved he problem. However, I found out why I was not able to see the Window 7 PC folders on my Win 10 laptop. It was all related to the difference in how you find a computers on a homegroup. As it turns out, the
Windows 10 menu structure for getting to the Network is different between the Win 7 and Win 10 operating systems. The homegroup computers can be seen on the Win 7 buy going to Network and File Sharing on the Control Panel and by clicking on the the House
Icon between the Win 7 PC icon and the Internet Icon. These icons are not part of the Network and File Sharing menu on Win 10. Instead, the homegroup computers can be found on the Network icon under the Computer Menu on Win 10 computers. Once I found Win
7 listed under the Network Icon on the Win 10 computer I was able to access all of the shared folders on the Win 7 PC.

 

There is no My Documents in Win 10, just Documents. If yu do see a My Documents it will be a hard link to Documents.

 

Hi, first think: "Do I really want to put my personal documents on the same disk/partition as my OS?"

This is actually a seriously bad idea, albeit one Uncle Microsoft seems to encourage. But what happens when your OS goes haywire and you need to reset/reinstall..? You'd be reliant on any backups you had. And that's the sort of scenario that happens just when you haven't backed up sthg. So think about creating a new partition or if you've the option, putting them on a different disk.

Much safer there, easier to maintain - but you should still have a backup of course.

(Of course, you might have chosen to relocate Documents etc - but I then wonder what happens to that come the next big Win 10 upgrade (which is after the fashion of installing Windows).