Windows 10: User folders duplicates solution?

Discus and support User folders duplicates solution? in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; Hello there! Straight to the point: In Win10 I've set the default location for docs, music, videos, and pictures to be on my second drive "D" in the... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Niko Todd, Jan 17, 2019.

  1. NIKO TODD
    Niko Todd Win User

    User folders duplicates solution?


    Hello there!

    Straight to the point:
    In Win10 I've set the default location for docs, music, videos, and pictures to be on my second drive "D" in the "Change where new content is saved" settings and now I have D:/Niko/(all of the above). But when I go to C:/Users/Niko I have the same folders remaining there. So I now have duplicates. I tried to delete them but they reappeared after the first restart.
    Same goes for OneDrive - I've set it to be on my "D" drive, but there is still another empty OneDrive folder under C:/Users/Niko.
    This is what I have now for an example:
    D:/Niko/Documents
    C:/Users/Niko/Documents

    I've tried Google but nothing helped.
    Any help would be appreciated.
    Cheers!

    :)
     
    Niko Todd, Jan 17, 2019
    #1
  2. ERIC-KELL
    Eric-Kell Win User

    Duplicate User folder.

    I moved my default Pictures, Documents, Music folders to a new Data partition (D).

    My Users/myName folder remained on the C partition.

    Everything was fine for 2 years.

    For some reason this myName folder is now duplicated on the D partition (D\myName)

    I have now a default documents folder in

    • D\Documents
    • D\myName\Documents
    • Onedrive\Documents
    • C\Users\myName\Documents
    The same with the other system folders.

    I can not change the location of the folders in the 2 duplicate user folders.

    Rightclicking in properties, there is no location option.

    Only the folders in OneDrive and the D partition have this option.

    Any ideas?
     
    Eric-Kell, Jan 17, 2019
    #2
  3. ARGEL OBM
    Argel Obm Win User
    Duplicate User folder.

    Hi Eric,

    To better understand the concern, kindly provide us the following information:

    • How did you move the default folders? Did you move it one by one or did you copy your user folder and paste it on the partition?
    • What other folders are on your partition besides the default folders?
    • Are you experiencing any problems on your computer when you noticed that you have a duplicate folder on your partition? If so, kindly explain to us the problem you're experiencing.
    If possible, kindly send us screenshots of the properties of the default folders on your C: and D: partitions.

    We'll be waiting to your response.
     
    Argel Obm, Jan 17, 2019
    #3
  4. ENGELSEN FAD
    Engelsen Fad Win User

    User folders duplicates solution?

    Duplicate Public Folders

    Hi,

    To further identify the cause of this problem, can you provide us the following information?

    • What happens when you delete the duplicate folders?
    • Does it happen to all of your folders or only those with pictures?
    • Any steps you've tried to troubleshoot this issue?

    Regards.
     
    Engelsen Fad, Jan 17, 2019
    #4
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