Windows 10: The standard folders: Pictures, Videos, Documents etc link to the temporary user /Temp and...

I was having trouble logging in - Windows was refusing to do this even though everything had been fine for years. In playing with the computer I created a temporary user. But then things got straightened out and I could log into my account. The trouble is, the standard folders shown in File Explorer belong to the /Temp account and not to my account. They are there in my account but are being ignored. It's not essential that I get access that way, since I can do it other ways, but it is irritating. So how to fix?

:)

 

Is it ok to delete all the files/documents in temporary folder(Temp)?

Is it ok to delete all the files/documents in temporary folder(Temp)?

or do i need it?

 

Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.

That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.

 

Why two Document, Music, Picture and Video folders, one in This PC and other in Users/hamil/??

Hi Denis,

So the Document, Music, Pictures and Video folders under This PC are really only a link to where the actual folders and files are located under Users/hamil/, correct? I presently have a Documents folder within my Documents folder under Users/hamil and content
in both so will have to sort that out.

The path to the This PC/Documents folder is now directed to users/hamil/OneDrive/ and won't open as I have deleted the OneDrive Folder under users/hamil/ and I can't seem to find a way to redirect it to just users/hamil/. Any suggestions?

Thanks again, Bob