Windows 10: Restoring my Documents folder

Hello,

I was just in the process of moving my Documents Library from my C drive to my D drive when I made a mistake:

In the Properties window, under the location tab, I meant to create the new location D:\Documents, but instead I just left it as D:\

Now my D drive and my Documents Library appear to have somehow merged, and I can't seem to do anything to separate them again. When I try to Restore Default, I get an error message saying "Failed to build the list of regular subdirectories under 'D:\System Volume Information.' Access is denied." And when I try to move it to where I originally wanted it to go, the new location D:\Documents, I get an error message saying "Can't redirect a parent into a child. The specified path is invalid."

Is there any way to fix my mistake? I guess I can probably just make a new folder in the D Drive called Documents, move all the folders that were in my original Documents Library there, and call it a day - but I'd really like to be able to undo what I've done and then redo it properly, so that all pathways are 'clean,' if that makes sense.

Thanks in advance for your help.

:)

 

Downloads folder is the Documents folder

Well i tried this a couple of times but when i restore my Downloads folder loction the Documents folder is restoring too and the location of these both is "C:\Users\(My name)\Documents".

 

Restored Files in New Directory

I had to restore my computer from a crash, wiping out my documents. The restore created a new folder under the "User" directory. When I restored my documents from a backup, they went into the old Use folder. I have been syncing that old folder to a cloud
service. I want to go back to the original User folder as the default. Is there any way to do that.

 

Hello Billy, *Smile

If you meant that you moved your "C:\Users\<user-name>\Documents" folder, then you might see if Option Two in the tutorial below may be able to fix this for you by restoring it back to its default location.

Users Personal Folders - Restore Default Location in Windows 10

 

Thank you so much, Brink! It worked.

 

You're most welcome. I'm glad it could help. *Smile