Windows 10: Need help! I accidentally merged the Downloads Folder and the Documents folder while...

Bascaiily what the Title says, I accidentally merged the Downloads folder with the Document folder while changing the location. I tried to restore to old back up and it didn't work. I tried going to Regedit but didn't see anything I saw online. Here is the Regedit where i saw you had to go to fix this but it looks different then the ones i saw online. Please help. T_T

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I accidentally merged Desktop folder and Documents folder

I accidentally merged Desktop folder and Documents folder. Please help me!

 

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.

 

Need help! I accidentally merged the Downloads Folder and the Documents folder while redirecting location

As the title says, I accidentally merged the Downloads folder with the Documents folder while redirecting the location of the folders from the C:/ to D:/ drives. I can't use File History to restore it. I can't move them back to previous locations or restore the folders to previous versions. It says they are not available.

I also can't seem to find the Documents and Downloads folder in my User folder. It won't let me create new folders in my User folder either because it will just automatically merge with the existing one with a different path (D:/).

I tried restoring the User file to a previous version and it didn't fix the issue...

for some reason the icons for the user libraries is also messed up , like for instance the document folder has the icon for download
basically the download , and document folder is merged and i cant recover them

i also lost quick access from the navigation pane

Help, please?





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