Windows 10: Windows 10 Document folder wrong location

My Windows 10 This PC shows a different Documents folder than is used by everything else.

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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.

 

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.

 

Wrong Location(?) of Documents folder and OneDrive problems Win 10

Thanks Denis, your help is really appreciated and easy to follow!

1. No They are in the following: C:\Users\Stoo

2. Here is the result of clicking in Explorer like you suggested: C:\Users\Stoo

3.1 Done - In Explorer this is displayed as Local Disk(C > Users > Documents > Documents and when clicking in the address bar as: C:\Users\Stoo\Documents

3.2 Done

3.3 Done

3.4 Done

3.5 Done

3.6 Job not done unfortunately. On restarting everything is exactly the same! Except there is now a 'User Shell Folders' file displayed in 'Quick Access'

Here is what is displayed when navigating to my C Drive:




And what is displayed when then navigating to the 'Users' folder:




I then click navigate to Documents and get this:




Where you can see the 'new' documents folder I created.

Nowhere do I get the option to navigate to a folder called Stoo - it is only displayed when I click in the address bar of Explorer.

I wish I could remember what I did way back!