Windows 10: Made the entire C drive the pictures folder

Discus and support Made the entire C drive the pictures folder in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi, So I have accidentally made the entire C drive the my pictures folder, so the typical C drive folders such as 'users' are now mixed in with my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/enthusiasticRabbit, Mar 8, 2021.

  1. Made the entire C drive the pictures folder


    Hi,

    So I have accidentally made the entire C drive the my pictures folder, so the typical C drive folders such as 'users' are now mixed in with my photos. How can I undo this change without preventing any issues with windows as I believe when you change the location of the pictures folder all its contents get moved, which in this case would also include all of the windows files.

    Thanks in advance.

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    /u/enthusiasticRabbit, Mar 8, 2021
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  2. 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    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date.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.
     
    enso, Mar 8, 2021
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  3. Pictures in Windows 10

    Hi Sugar,

    Apologize for the late reply.

    Are you able to find other files and folders on Windows 10?

    I suggest you to have a look for Windows 8.1 pictures in Windows.old folder.

    Try the following steps:

    • Press Windows + E keys to open Windows explorer
    • Press C:\ Drive
    • under C: drive look for Windows.old folder
    • open users under Windows.old

    Try the search for pictures in here.

    Regards
     
    Waseemulla S, Mar 8, 2021
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  4. 2pacaveli Win User

    Made the entire C drive the pictures folder

    Accidentally merged user pictures folder with (GMade the entire C drive the pictures folder :) drive.

    Thank you for your reply. The problem is when I relocated the user Pictures folder to G drive I never created a folder for it inside G drive, so it's now the entire G drive and the pictures folder and videos folder got merged with the drive itself. Check the last screenshot from my IMGUR link and compare that to step 3 from the option one tutorial you linked. When I try to click revert to default location I'm afraid it will move my entire G drive and its contents to the C:/User/example/Pictures.

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    I've moved shared Pictures folder to another drive but didn't name it Solved - Windows 10 Forums
    I found someone with the same problem as mine and you told them to do the same thing and it worked for them. I should trust your expertise and try it then.
     
    2pacaveli, Mar 8, 2021
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