Windows 10: Unable to restore original downloads folder location

Dear community,



I have a new Windows 8 computer.

The hard drive is separated in two, OS (C and DATA (D and I realised that all my files were being stored in drive C:

I read online that you could modify where folders like 'My documents' are stored by clicking Properties and change the location to the other disk.

I did it for the Documents folders and everything was fine, I now had a Documents folder in my D: drive.


Then, I did the same with my Downloads folder, and selected the location D:\


After this I realised that my D: drive and the Downloads folder had completely merged !!

Which meant, when I was going to my DATA (D I could find all my downloads as well as my Documents folder.

All the same, when I was clicking on Downloads, my Documents folder was in it!


So I clicked on Downloads and tried to restore default location but I got the error message that it was impossible to "create sub-lists under D: System Volume Information. Access Denied". I tried to input the location manually but the same occurred.


Now, my Downloads folder has changed name, it is called D:\ and my DATA (D drive says in the Location tab that its default location is in C:/Users/Downloads



I don't understand why this happened and surely this can't be very good for the good functioning of my PC...

Could I restore my system to just before it happened even though I never 'saved' my computer?

Otherwise, what can I do to fix this?


Thanks a lot for your help,

Khan

:)

 

Downloads folder is the Documents folder

Hi Chris,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

Step 1:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Download folder.
• Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

Step 2:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Documents folder.
• Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Vista Ultimate - 'User' Folder Location

No tried that.

Can copy the entire folder to D; but Windows still points to C as the location. Can change personal folders location to a folder on D;, but this still leaves hidden files etc on C;. Thus meaning there are 2 Users folders. Have managed to change the Public folder location to D;, with some registry tweaks, but this doesnt seem to work for the entire folder.

any more suggestions

 

Cannot restore default location of Documents folder


Hello MurakamiFan, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you like, you can download and merge the .reg file in step 5 of Option Two in the tutorial below to automatically restore the default location of your Documents folder.

*Arrow Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials