Windows 10: Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC"

Discus and support Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC" in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Music & Pictures folders libraries? no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC". They are still under c:\users\ and are visible in Libraries and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Teedububee, May 25, 2022.

  1. Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC"


    Music & Pictures folders libraries? no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC". They are still under c:\users\ and are visible in Libraries and all files are still on the PC. Documents is still visible under This PC. No idea what all of a sudden made this happen. I don't seem to be able to change this situation.

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    Teedububee, May 25, 2022
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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    That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date.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.
     
  3. Clear the 'cache' in file explorer for already used picture tags?


    If you set some tags for your *.jpg pictures, the windows 10 file explorer shows them in the "details pane" on the right side.


    Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC" [​IMG]


    This list can get very long and with some wrong or no longer used entries.
    How can I clear this list / cache / suggestions?

    Or how can I stop the file explorer to suggests already used Tags?
     
    WTenNewbie, May 25, 2022
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  4. Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC"

    Two 'Music' and 'Pictures' folders in Explorer

    Hello,

    After installing Windows 10 a couple of years ago I followed this tutorial to relocate my 'Music' and 'Pictures' folders to my D: drive. Now, whenever Windows 10 updates, if I browse to %USERPROFILE% I see two 'Music' folders and two 'Pictures' folders in Explorer:


    Music & Pictures folders no longer visible in File Explorer under "This PC" [​IMG]


    I can simply delete the two shortcuts to the C: drive folders but they return as soon as Windows updates.

    Why am I seeing these extra folders? Is there any way to get rid of them for good?

    /Neil
     
    BrisbaneMango, May 25, 2022
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