Windows 10: This PC documents content

I have a surface pro 4 running windows 10 and office 365.


I am trying to understand how file storage is meant to work. In the file explorer tab I see:


1. Onedrive

Documents etc

2. This PC

Documents etc


C\User

3. Documents etc

4. Onedrive


I understand that the C\User drive is the physical storage location. I understand that This PC covers everything on the C drive.


Is the This PC documents folder (2), should I expect to see all documents in C\user documents and c\user Onedrive? That is what I expected to see but I am only seeing the C\user onedrive contents in This PC documents and I'd like to understand if I have set something up incorrectly or if this is how file explorer is supposed to work.


Thanks for any guidance you can provide. I have searched everything I can to get the answer to this question without success.

Cheers

:)

 

Documents/Pictures folders under 'This PC' refer to onedrive - not the local folders

Since the only folder that has incorrect file path is the Documents folder under This PC, we would suggest you do the same steps provided above. However, do it in your Documents folder under This PC. To do so, kindly follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer
• Click This PC
• Right-click on Documents
• Click Properties
• Click Location
• Click Restore Default
• Click Apply
• Click OK

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Let us know how it goes.

 

Contents of folder included in Documents Library not Displayed


I'm using Windows 10 on a Dell laptop with a SSD. I'm keeping many files on an external USB hard drive. I had included the external drive's Documents folder in my Documents library. The File Explorer displayed files and folders on both the internal SSD and the external drive in the Documents library folder. The Navigation pane displayed the folders from the external drive under the Documents icon in Quick Access, This PC and Libraries. Unfortunately, the laptop failed and it was returned with Windows 10 (version 1709) installed.

After I included the same external drive Documents folder in the Documents Library, File Explorer displayed the external drive folders under the Documents folder. It only displayed the folders on the C:\ drive in the Quick Access Documents library and the This PC libraries. I've spent hours using Google with no luck.

Here is what is shown when I click on the Documents icon in Quick Access:




Here's what I see when I click on the Documents icon under Libraries:




Manage Libraries shows that the folder has been incuded




Does anyone have a suggestion that might allow folders to be displayed under the Documents icons?

Thanks

Mike

 

Multiple 'Documents' folders under 'This PC'

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

This may happen if one the “documents” folder has been stored on different target location.

Follow the methods below and check if it helps:

Method 1

I suggest that you check both the folders location where they are saved using the below method:

• 
  Right-click on any one documents folder and then click Properties.
  
• 
  Click the Location tab, click Restore Default, and then click Apply and OK.
  
• 
  Check what happens, try these step on all the documents folder.
  

Method 2

If the above step fails then try checking the target location of both the folders by using the find target option:

• 
  Right-click on any one documents folder and then click Properties.
  
• 
  Click the Location tab, click Find target.
  
• 
  Check where the target location of both the folders is and check if any one goes to the user name location and later delete the one which goes to wrong location.
  

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.