Windows 10: Tried to move my folders in /Users/name over to my D drive and accidentally replaced my...

I was able to succesfully move all the other folders (ie documents, videos, etc) but when i try to move the contacts folder it says there is a folder in the same location that cant be redirected

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I've accidentally replaced my User folder with my Pictures folder

3. In the Reece folder, create a new folder named Pictures. You will now see two Pictures folders, the original one with a pictures icon, the new one as a plain folder.

When I try to follow this step I get asked if I want to merge the folder





Do I select Yes?

 

I've accidentally replaced my User folder with my Pictures folder

Yes I do remember that warning message, I don't know why I chose to ignore that. Bree described the course of events correctly, I believe I selected inside the c:\users\reece folder expecting it to put my Pictures folder there, not realising that it infact required me to create a folder inside c:\users\reece called Pictures and then select that folder first.

C:\Users\reece\Pictures and C:\Users\Pictures\Pictures are both identical with the same contents, and after just doing my first WinKey+PrntScrn the Screenshots folder appears in both of those locations.

C:\users\reece looks like this




while C:\users\pictures looks like this




The only difference I can tell is that C:\users\reece contains the Videos folder that is correctly linked from my D: drive and is a vertical list, whereas C:\users\pictures doesn't and is a horizontal list.

EDIT: Fixed attachments, they broke because i changed pages while typing the quick reply which must have broken the attachments

 

I've accidentally replaced my User folder with my Pictures folder

Suggest: Restore default junctions.Make a backup first:






Then restore defaults using Win10DefaultJunctions.ntj file.





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