I've mesed up my "Downloads" directory and "Documents" how can I restore?

Zascar · 2017-01-26 12:42:22

I got a new PC with windows 10 and I have my C drive for Windows, and D drive for personal files. What I usually do is make my D drive "My Documents" and my "D:/Downloads" my downloads directory. However I somehow messed up and selected D as my downloads, so now downloads is called documents and its all messed up. Does…

26-01-2017 12:42PM

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Zascar

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I got a new PC with windows 10 and I have my C drive for Windows, and D drive for personal files. What I usually do is make my D drive "My Documents" and my "D:/Downloads" my downloads directory. However I somehow messed up and selected D as my downloads, so now downloads is called documents and its all messed up.

Does anyone know how I can reset this?

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#2 26-01-2017 10:06PM

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When you get the properties of the folder, do you still have the Location tab?

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#3 27-01-2017 03:25PM

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Restore default locations and work from there, I reckon.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18583-user-folders-restore-default-location.html#option2

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#4 27-01-2017 03:37PM

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Thanks I'll try that. The weird thing is that the Downloads folder, which has the blue Arrow Down icon, is actually named as "Documents" and I cant seem to change it. I'll try the above and let you know. Cheers

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