Windows 10: Why am I getting double drives, E:/E: same folders in both?

I have two E: drives and two F: drives exactly the same

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My documents folder became my E:/ drive

Hi Leo,

thank you for the screenshot.

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Open File Explorer, then navigate into the E drive.

Create a new folder on the E drive and name it Documents.

Move all files and folders that should be in Documents from the root of the E drive into that new Documents folder

Close File Explorer.

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Open the registry editor again, it will still be on the same page.

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Double click {F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756}, set its Value Data to this and click OK

E:\Documents

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Double click Personal, set its Value Data to this and click OK

E:\Documents

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Close the Registry Editor and restart (not shut down) your PC and that will have fixed the problem, that Documents folder will now be correctly located on the E drive.

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Low disk space in recovery drive E

Funny business here:
If I double click on the "Photography" folder on the desktop, it shows all the folders and files listed under "C:\Users\\Desktop\Photography".
Then,with that open, if I click on "Photography" under the "Quick access" heading, I get
This PC > RECOVERY E > > Desktop > Photography. !!We don't want that, right?!! More stuff that I totally do not understand. How do I get that stuff out of (E) and leave it in the other location? So do I just open up (E) and delete those files? Also, I have no idea how it got in (E) but it seems to me that I should find out so it doesn't keep happening.

If I double click on DOCUMENTS (all caps) on the desktop, I get C:\Users\\Desktop\DOCUMENTS. (There is another "Documents" folder created by Windows that I don't use, can't delete, and it's empty.) If I double click on DOCUMENTS under the "Quick Access" heading, I get the same thing; C:\Users\\Desktop\DOCUMENTS. So it appears (to my questionable understanding) that DOCUMENTS is not getting into (E). Good.

 

My data folders (Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, etc) are on DRIVE E: not Drive C:

Patti,

Let me start by saying the above information would have been very useful at the start. Let me see if I can recap your original issue first...

Before Windows 10 Upgrade:

Your computer was configured (before the Win10 upgrade) to used drive (E as your DEFAULT storage location for DOCUMENTS, PICTURES, MUSIC etc. I assume there were sub-folders for each.

After Windows 10 Upgrade:

After the upgrade, your DEFAULT storage locations were re-set to drive C:. This had the side affect of you seeing 'Documents' in the quick access list which did not point to your 'Documents' folder on drive E:.

What you wanted:

You wanted the 'Documents' and other data folders that showed up in the Quick Access list to point to your original files on drive E:. You also assumed that all new documents would be created in the Documents folder on drive E:.

Drive E: is your data drive because that is where you have space and you want to continue using that drive.

In the above description I used 'Documents' but that would apply to all of your 'data' folders such as Music, Video, Pictures etc.

If I have this right, please let me know.