Windows 10: My documents and pictures folders are merged after i changed the directory to onedrive and...

so i was trying to set up a backup by moving the documents folder and pictures folder to onedrive, however i forgot to redirect it to a subfolder in onedrive and just directed it straight to 'C:/users/kevin/onedrive'. so obviously they both became 'onedrive'. So to fix this i redirected one back to default, C:/users/kevin/Pictures' but found the other 'Documents' also did the same and so they are now merged as both 'pictures' Please help restore them back to pictures and documents separately

Plus in properties they both have the documents symbol

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Location on Documents folder and Pictures folder has been changed to OneDrive

Instead of unlinking and uninstalling OneDrive, you probably should just change its auto save behavior.

Use the OneDrive app settings to change where your files are saved by default.

In the Notifications area at the bottom of your Windows screen, right-click the OneDrive icon and click Settings. You might have to click Show hidden icons to find OneDrive.

In the Settings box, on the Auto save tab, under Documents and Pictures, click the list at Documents or Pictures and pick the default save location you want.

This PC only - When you create a file, the Documents or Pictures folder under This PC is the first-choice location offered to save it. The file is not saved to OneDrive unless you do so separately, and it is available only on the PC you used to save it.

OneDrive - When you create a file, the first location offered is within the Documents or Pictures folder under OneDrive. Because these folders sync to your PC, files you save there are available on your PC, even when it's not connected to the Internet. And
you can use any device with an Internet connection to access your files.

Note: No matter which default setting you choose, you still can select the save location you want each time you save a file. When you click Save for new files or Save As for existing files, click OneDrive or This PC and then pick a folder to save your file
to.

Find and move your files

The Documents and Pictures folders exist in both This PC and OneDrive, which might make them easy to mix up. If you've mistakenly saved a file - for example, you save a file to the Documents folder in your PC instead of the Documents folder in OneDrive, use
File Explorer or the OneDrive app to drag the files where you want them.

From the Start menu, click the OneDrive tile to open the OneDrive app built into File Explorer.

In the file list on the right, browse to find the file you want to move, and drag it to the correct folder in the folder list on the left.

 

Correct Directory Location For Pictures Folder


"Now Documents, Videos etc say file location is This PC. But Pictures file location is C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures."

If we understand you correctly, the issue is that Pictures doesn't appear in the left panel under This PC. The correct location IS C:\Users\PeteyBoPetey\Pictures. This is only an issue of using Step 8 in the tutorial to add it back to the list. See if this screenshot is what you want to achieve- put Pictures folder back in list on L.

 

OneDrive resulted in duplicate Documents folders, can't merge

As a result of using OneDrive, my system folders like Documents and Pictures are now subfolders of OneDrive. I may have done that unwittingly. I don't remember.

The system folders also exist in the standard folder, i.e., c:/users/<username>/... . The OneDrive versions show the Location tab in Properties; the Users version do not. The folders within them are different.

I uninstalled OneDrive and want to merge the OneDrive copy back to Users. When I move the location it asks me if I want to move existing documents, to which I say yes. After confirmation, the move fails. The message says there's already a system folder with
that name.

How I complete this move so I end up with only one of each of the system folders, in the \users\<username>\ directory?

If absolutely necessary I'm willing to back up all data to an external drive and reset the PC, but I'd rather avoid that.

Thanks in advance.