Windows 10: Resolving This PC System Folder Points to Another System Folder

I saw some people running into the same problem, such as "My Windows 10 Desktop and Documents Folder got mixed up", "Desktop folder now named Downloads", but I didn't find a clear answer, and after some attempts, I finally found the solution.

Here's an example of the Pictures folder being redirected to the Documents.

1.Firstly, redirect the Documents to a target path you want, and we can see the Pictures folder also points to the same path.

2.Run regedit, go to this path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

3.Modify {0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639} <the Pictures folder id> value to%USERPROFILE%\Pictures

4.Modify {3B193882-D3AD-4EAB-965A-69829D1FB59F} <the Saved Pictures folder id> value to%USERPROFILE%\Pictures

5.Modify My Pictures value to %USERPROFILE%\Pictures


6.Create a new local account or use another win pc, copy the Pictures folder from C:\Users\<New User Name> to the main user folder. If you have set up to display system files, you can copy desktop.ini directly.

This step is mainly to get the desktop.ini configuration file, because after the redirect, icons and paths controlled by this file , are changed to be the same as the Documents.

7.After completing the above steps, log out of the main user and log back in. You can see the Pictures folder has been restored to the default path :

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Custom Folder view for new folders registery hack ?

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Hidden folders

I installed `Kane and Lynch` on my PC twice in Program Files(x86) folder but I can`t find them (2 folders with game). But free space on my HDD is lower. So there`re those folders on my hdd. I use option `unhide` hidden folders but still can`t find them. Any suggestions? How can i delete those hidden folders?

When I run istallation for this game I can see those folders in Program Files(x86) folde.

I`m using Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

 

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*Confused

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