Windows 10: Shortcut to Documents

If I create a shortcut to my documents folder, or pin it to Quick Access or Start Menu, then the shortcut will take me to my Documents library, which is not what I want. (The annoyance comes from the fact that once there if I then decide to go somewhere that isn't in the library, I can't simply go up to the containing folder; I also cannot click the address bar to get the current folder path.)
Is there a way to keep shortcuts to the documents folder (or pinned items) from taking me to libraries? Also is there a way to delete the default libraries completely? (I don't have any use for them.)

If disabling the libraries feature is the only way to do this then so be it, but I'd rather not as I might be able to actually use libraries. If that is the only way to do it, how would I disable the feature? I found this article which tells how do disable the feature in Windows 7, but I wasn't able to find anything for Windows 10. (Would the same .reg files work in Windows 10?)

:)

 

Recent Upgrade to Windows 10 from 8.1

Shortcuts you can re-create in the normal manner - Right-click on desktop>New>Shortcut.

Documents are gone unless you have a backup.

FTI do not store documents on the desktop. That's what your Documents folder is for. You can make a shortcut to a document on the desktop, but don't put the actual document there.

 

Why is there no option to allow File Explorer to open to any location we'd like?

One way is to simply delete the Explorer shortcut and put a shortcut to Documents there instead. Now every time you click that shortcut, it will take you to Documents.

 

Hello Suuper, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you wanted a shortcut of the Documents folder in your user folder, then you could use the path below to create the shortcut with.

%UserProfile%\Documents

 

You can also navigate to C:\Users\yourusername or %UserProfile% in File Explorer then right click on Documents and drag to the Desktop. Release the mouse button and choose Create shortcuts here. Or right click on Documents and select Send to then Desktop.

 

All of those create a shortcut which, when opened, take me to my documents library. Even though the shortcut's target is a link to the folder, when file explorer opens up I'm at the library.

 

Suuper,

Please post a screenshot showing where it opens at to see what may wrong. %UserProfile%\Documents should open directly to your "C:\Users\(user-name)\Documents" folder.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html

 

Hmm, interesting. I just tried doing the Send to Desktop from C:\Users\rrkurtz\Documents and when I open it , this is where it takes me.





When I look at Properties of Documents there, it shows:





so it is really C:\Users\.................. as you said Shawn.

 

Yep, the folders in "This PC" are just links to the same folders in "C:\Users\(user-name)" by default. *Smile

 

Oh, so it isn't the library. My bad, I probably should have been able to see that myself.

That doesn't solve my problem, though.

I want the folder path "C:/Users/[name]/Documents" to show up, instead of This PC->Documents.

I have also found that if I rename my documents folder to "docs", opening C:/Users/[name]/Documents still goes to the documents folder (C:/Users/[name]/docs), despite that the name is now different. And if I try to create a new folder named Documents, it says that a folder named docs already exists and asks if I want to merge. (I was trying to get around the problem by re-naming the folders and creating new ones.)

 

Supper,

Both locations are the same folder. The "This PC" location uses a symbolic link.

 

No duh. Please read this:

 

If you go to my PC
Then scroll to Document folder
Right Click you have 3 choices
One Pin To Start
Or Pin Quick Access
Or Right Click
Scroll to Send To
Then click Desktop
All Three does work as I have both my
Documents and Pictures done that way

 

Suuper,

The only thing I can suggest is to turn on "Show all folders" in the navigation pane, and open your Documents folder under your user folder in the navigation pane.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7...dows-10-a.html

 

This link looked like it might be what I want: This PC 'Folders' - Add or Remove in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
Unfortunately, it only hides the links. Using a shortcut to one of the folders still takes me to Thic PC -> [folder]

I found a way to get what I wanted, though. Through a combination of re-naming Documents, creating new folders, deleting Documents and re-naming the new folder to "Documents" I eventually got it. I'm not sure of the exact steps, but I had to delete "Documents" more than once to get it working.