Windows 10: My "documents" folder is linked to one drive. How to redirect it to normal location.

Hello,I have a new HP desktop TPE01-2000i running Windows 11 home. During initial setup, somehow, the "Documents" folder in the navigation pane of file explorer was setup to be linked to one drive, i.e. c:\users\<user name>\onedrive\Documents. I don't know how it happened. But I don't want this setting. I want the "Documents" folder points to the default location, i.e. c:\users\<user name>\Documents. When I tried to change the location to c:\users\<user name>\Documents, the system gave me an error message saying "Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same loc

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Can't change documents folder location because "there is a folder in same location that can't be redirected"

Hello. I reinstalled Windows and want to redirect my Documents and Pictures folder to be in their own folder on my HDD instead of on my C drive in Properties >Location since my C drive is a smaller SSD. It worked fine for my music, videos, and downloads.
However, documents and pictures will not redirect to them. I get an error stating "Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same location that can't be redirected. Access is denied. They are currently directed to my OneDrive folder in C drive.
I do not want them to be in my OneDrive. I want them on my HDD.

I followed the directions on this website and changed registry settings. I did it for both documents
and pictures, but it does not work. How can I redirect them to go to the folder on my HDD?

 

Downloads folder is the Documents folder

Hi Chris,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

Step 1:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Download folder.
• Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

Step 2:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Documents folder.
• Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Folder Redirection Policy hiding Documents

My folder redirection policy was redirecting Documents to 10.200.0.5, after changing policy location to 10.200.0.10, all the documents that were offline disappeared. How do i resolve this issue?

Settings of Folder Redirection Policy

Move contents of Documents to new location when policy change was unchecked.