Windows 10: 'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix

Discus and support 'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I'm having real problems with shortcuts to the 'My Documents' folder after a reinstall and then trying to move My Documents, My Pictures, My Music,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by RuMandolin, Dec 20, 2020.

  1. 'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix


    I'm having real problems with shortcuts to the 'My Documents' folder after a reinstall and then trying to move My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, Downloads etc. to a 2nd SSD drive.


    I followed advice, creating new folders and trying to use 'move' in 'properties' for each tab. This wasn't possible because for some reason the shortcuts and folders had all been moved by my system to OneDrive I hadn't realised OneDrive was even enabled.


    Long story short, I used regedit to restore folder data value defaults in the User Shell Folders file access was denied using 'move' in the 'locations' window, after which I was able to move the shortcuts/folders to my 2nd drive using the 'move' function in properties/location for each folder. I then uninstalled OneDrive and rebooted. All the links seemed to work and I thought everything was fine - except that the My Pictures icon was blank.


    As per online advice, I therefore deleted the Shortcut cache .db file and rebooted.


    Unfortunately, after this:

    a The My Pictures icon still hasn't appeared on the 2nd hard drive, leading me to think there's a link issue.

    b While the actual files for 'My Documents' are on the 2nd drive, the link from the Documents icon in This PC now pointed to a file in the OneDrive temp folder which I hadn't known was still there. I restored the default location in regedit, then deleted the temp files and moved My Documents to the 2nd drive again. Now the icon in My PC links to the deleted OneDrive file again, with the message: 'C:\Users\{username}\Documents is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure that the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, then try again.'


    Looking at User Shell Folders see below, I can see the Personal file location is D:\Documents. However, the {F42EE2D3 ...etc.} folder location is given as C:\Users\{Username}\OneDrive\Documents.


    'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix 5c825434-564e-4c7a-a794-4190da087692?upload=true.jpg


    What is this entry? Is it to do with the icon? Does any one know why this keeps trying to revert to the OneDrive folder? To solve the issue, can I just manually enter a data value for the new location I want? D:\Documents. If not, is there a way to restore a default value so I can then point the icon where it needs to go?


    I note that {0DDD015D ... etc. has a data value of D:\Pictures, similar to all the properly functioning folders/links. The pictures icon shows correctly in the vertical ribbon under This PC see below - just not in the icons list in the right hand pane.


    'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix d81ded27-0eae-4be1-91b0-f42cfdc1418a?upload=true.jpg


    Al 'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix 70b43cb3-ae02-457c-8a31-81802cbf865e?upload=true.jpg Although the icon is there in the right hand pane if I click on This PC:


    Any help hugely and urgently appreciated. Many thanks!

    :)
     
    RuMandolin, Dec 20, 2020
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    Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

    It's not fixed, today my GPU-Z icon is a blank shortcut icon again..
    And it says GPU-Z.exe does not contain an icon


    'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix gpu-z-blank-icon-jpg.jpg
     
    P4-630, Dec 20, 2020
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  3. P4-630 Win User
    Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

    Just installed the latest version of GPU-Z and I'm having that blank icon shortcut again...
     
    P4-630, Dec 20, 2020
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  4. P4-630 Win User

    'My Documents' shortcut link broken, My Pictures icon blank, can't find a fix

    Blank shortcut icon GPU-Z

    Ok I fixed it, last time I updated GPU-Z and that gave me a blank icon, I just uninstalled my current and downloaded/installed the latest version and the icon is back.
     
    P4-630, Dec 20, 2020
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