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The thread discusses a user's difficulty in relocating the Windows folders for Music, Videos, and Pictures from the C: drive to the D: drive after attempting to do so manually, resulting in a problematic setup. Responders advise using registry edits and directory junctions to properly redirect these folders, and troubleshooting steps to revert or fix the issue, such as restoring default settings or creating a new user profile, are also suggested. Overall, the user experiences ongoing challenges with folder relocation, and community members offer technical guidance to resolve or work around these issues.
PaulyD0051

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I was trying to move my Music, Videos and Pictures folders to the D: drive instead of keeping it on the C: (SSD) drive.

Unfortunately when doing so I created this monstrosity and I can not seem to undo this mess:

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How do I fix said issue to remove those D:/ links and actually move my Music, Videos and Pictures folders to the D: drive.
 

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Neemobeer
How did you add them there, did you use a tweak tool?

You'll need to remove the key with the corresponding CLSID from here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace in the registry

Then simply move the directories you want to some location on D:\
Then create a directory junction from an elevated command prompt

Example for videos directory
mklink /J "C:\Users\<username>\Videos" "D:\Somedirectory\Videos"

This way Windows will still see it as it should be C:\Users\<username>\Videos but the data will be on the D drive
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Neemobeer

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How did you add them there, did you use a tweak tool?

You'll need to remove the key with the corresponding CLSID from here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace in the registry

Then simply move the directories you want to some location on D:\
Then create a directory junction from an elevated command prompt

Example for videos directory
mklink /J "C:\Users\<username>\Videos" "D:\Somedirectory\Videos"

This way Windows will still see it as it should be C:\Users\<username>\Videos but the data will be on the D drive
 

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PaulyD0051

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Neemobeer said:
How did you add them there, did you use a tweak tool?

You'll need to remove the key with the corresponding CLSID from here
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace in the registry

Then simply move the directories you want to some location on D:\
Then create a directory junction from an elevated command prompt

Example for videos directory
mklink /J "C:\Users\<username>\Videos" "D:\Somedirectory\Videos"

This way Windows will still see it as it should be C:\Users\<username>\Videos but the data will be on the D drive
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No, no tweak tool, I just used Windows "properties" and the "move" function and thought that would work.
 

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bochane

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There where you found the 'move' function is also a restore to default function
 

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bochane said:
There where you found the 'move' function is also a restore to default function
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Yes, I tried that, didn't seem to work. I will try again though, because I didn't read the message pop-up following that.
 

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Ok... so I got it to move but now I created a new problem :(

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This has been most unsuccessful.
 

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bochane

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Perhaps making a new user profile:
- Make a new user account, log in there and copy any thing of value over.
- If, after some time, you are really sure that everything is over and working you can remove that old crippled account and re-enter it.
 

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Neemobeer

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This is what I was referring to with mklink
An image from 'Woops, Folders Issue with 'This PC' pane'. Command prompt shows creation of a junction link between C:\Users\test\Videos and E:\Videos folders.
 

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