Change the Default Documents Folder (and other folders) Location to a Different Drive in Windows 11
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- By default, Windows will store your documents in the Documents (My Documents) folder located on the C drive under your username. If you have a separate drive that you would rather store your documents on yet still be able to save to the Documents folder then its easy to change its location.
You can also do this for the Videos, Pictures, Downloads, Music and Desktop folders. This will also work the same way for Windows 10 computers.
Here is a writeup on the process.
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Thank you for doing this! I now have so much more free space on my C Drive. 🥳🥳🥳🥳
I've had a headache for days now fiddling with my PC. After watching this video, its gone! Solution was so simple😂
I don't know what to tell you man because, some times i can't just think simple
thank you for you sharing
i can not fine tab location on properties document and picture, but on movies and music have tab location.
That happened for me. I just gave my computer the ol' restart and the location tab then showed up
i initially tried moving these folder just to the "e" drive and i ran into issues.. instead i created all the folder names like they were already named in the c drive and then moved the c/users/username/documents folder to the e/documents and it works like a charm
Thank you. But while going the path, i just gave D drive. So the documents folder now just opens the D drive. I tried to do the reverse.. but it didn't work. What can I do?
Pls help 🙏
Did your complete d drive is converted to documents ?
The Documents properties window doesn't have a location tab for me. The General Tab has the location of the folder on C: but doesn't allow for any editing. Am I doing something wrong or has Microsoft changed something?
Never mind... There are several entries for "Documents". I tried the second and third. The top one was the correct one.
Thanks for this video. I have a brand new PC with an SSD and much larger hard drive, so moving large folders to the hard drive is a real bonus!
I get a message stating “can’t move folder because there’s a folder in the same location that cant be redirected. Access denied.” What do I do when this happens? I don’t even know what folder they’re referring to.
It's probably because you are using OneDrive so check out this video to see if it helps.
ruclips.net/video/119bYD_A9mI/видео.html
I unlinked my onedrive in my google account in settings and advanced settings and changed it to ask where to download before downloading and took away permission in my laptop for onedrive access but now only have the option of one drive or my os (c) drive
It says. Theres already a file with the same name in that location. Just for documents not when i change downloads or desktop
If you go to that directory, do you see a folder called documents? And did you double check the current location to make sure it already hasn't been moved?
Whiplt, it's probably because your document folder ia already in onedrive folder, It's a real Pain in the a$$. I'm having the same problem
in 22h2 update, this tab is not showing :C
Nice video. I am looking a doing something similar. Want to remove onedrive from the address. When I do it ask me to move the files but I have similar in the folder I want to copy to. Will it copy over older files or just move files not in the new folder.
Is this what you are trying to do?
ruclips.net/video/119bYD_A9mI/видео.html
I did this to try and get Onedrive to stop syncing files. But apparently the idiots at microsoft don't know how to make things user friendly so I keep getting errors that say there is another folder in the location I'm trying to move it in that can't be redirected...even when the folder it's talking about doesn't exist.
Microsoft makes sure you can't get Onedrive off your computer. This is making me want to take my computer and throw it at Microsoft's Onedrive Servers, wait for them to fix it just to fucking do it again.
I want the opposite operation to take back my document to C drive but in documents properties, there is no location and I can't change the location path, now what to do?
Hi, I'm always getting an error message "there is another folder in the location I'm trying to move it in that can't be redirected". What can I do to move the file?? Thanks!
Are you using OneDrive by any chance? If so, check out this video.
ruclips.net/video/119bYD_A9mI/видео.html
@@OnlineComputerTips Thanks for your help. I’m now a new Sub.
@@OnlineComputerTips Hello, i just nuclear and uninstalled my onedrive. Somehow the problem still persists, Won’t let me move documents, pictures…. Any clue? Thanks!
Ummm it won't let me restore it back to what it was??? Pictures
Hi. Thank you. Worked perfectly. But my desktop folder icons for Documents, Music etc no longer work. How can I fix this?
What do you mean by no longer work? Are you using OneDrive by any chance?
@@OnlineComputerTips I‘m not using Onedrive. When I click on the desktop Videos icon (for example) I get the message (problem with shortcut. The item Videos that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. Do you want to delete this shortcut?)
@@kstewart3657 If you go to the properties of that folder and then the location tab, you can see where the shortcut is pointing. Then you can change the location to where the folder actually resides.
@@OnlineComputerTips Thanks. The desktop Videos shortcut properties reads: C:\Users\myusername\Videos. Can I redirect it by changing C to D.
@@kstewart3657 Yes you can assuming the path shown actually points to a real folder. But you won't have a D:\Users\myusername\Videos folder by default but you can change it to D:\Videos if you have a Videos folder on your D drive. Just be sure to create the folder before changing the path.
In windows 7 there was a genius option where you can literally add other folders with the orginal location, thats gone here..i had 3 folders linked as my documents and its super easy...
Are you referring to God Mode?
@@OnlineComputerTips no, in a normal windows 7 if you right click "my documents" there will be an option to add(link) multiple location folders to the my documents folder, so if you open my documents you will see multiple sections if you have added other folders.. but in recent windows there's only move option which means all contents in original documents will be moved to target folder and only that folder is shown..
Well you know how Microsoft and other software companies like to remove the features that come in handy for us!
@@OnlineComputerTips but why Microsoft doing things which are not handy. In windows 11 i can not start pc without pin. It is very annoying. And i am not able to disable password. For disable password i have to unlink Microsoft account from pc.
When I open find target in music and video property,i got redirected at the same folder for both music and video folder.
Plsss help sir
thing is if anything is deleted in c/documents it will also be deleted in d/documents. Its just like a clone folder i dont want that
If you set it up correctly, the new location will replace the old location so there won't be duplicate data.
only thing worked for me was to change the pathing from regedit itself. Might make a video about it
Why is it that almost every 'help' session I try on my computer does not look the same, thus get stalled out on the fix before starting lol?
On properties there is no 'location'.
I have seen that before and sometimes you will have the Location tab when you check the properties of the folder in the quick access section at the upper left and sometimes you need to go to the actual folder at C:\users\username. You can try something like this to see if it brings the location tab back. If I had a PC with that problem, I would test it out but I don't.
www.thewindowsclub.com/no-location-tab-in-properties-in-windows
how to change location program data folder
it says to me access denied
Have you checked the folder permissions where you are changing the new location to?
@@OnlineComputerTips Dude I need help with this. I've been searching on the internet for an hour now, no fix. I think it's relating to OneDrive...I don't want to use OneDrive. Currently my Documents folder is in my Onedrive folder, but whether I have my Onedrive linked or not it still tells me "Can't move the folder because there is a folder in the same location that can't be redirected. Access is denied.
@@prod-NC-17 This video should clear things up for you. It also shows how to unlink your computer from OneDrive.
ruclips.net/video/119bYD_A9mI/видео.html
@@OnlineComputerTips Hi, I had so much issues with this and have been trying different solutions for days . after adding another drive I tried to target folders there and i had issues with permissions which i solved. now they are linked but also linked to each other . changing the name of one folder changes them on three and also something i add in one is changed in 3 of the folders .help plz
I unlinked OneDrive from Documents, and now I'd like to move Documents to my D: drive, but there's no Location tab in Properties for the Documents folder. Any advice?
Ok, I moved Downloads to D:, and now Documents is showing the Location tab in Properties. 🤷♀️
i keep getting “can't move documents folder access denied” when doing this. can you help?
Are you by any chance using OneDrive? Does your Documents folder path look something like C:\users\username\OneDrive\Documents?
How about if I want that new documents location to be called something other than "Documents"? Like say I want it to be called "A_Documents".
Thanks
Sure, just make the A_Documents folder first and then use the same procedure.
Actually bymistake i changed the location of music folder into my hdd. Now whenever i open music folder it open my hardisk drive. What should i do now ? How to restore it to previous location.
Just go back to the properties and change the folder back to its original location which should be C:\Users\username\Music where username is the name of your user account.
@@OnlineComputerTips but it is showing error.
What does the error say?
@@OnlineComputerTips thanks my error solved when i restarted my pc.
@@OnlineComputerTips i think as AI is becoming more powerful, now pc can solve arrors by themselves.
I did this but now I have a ton of files on my screen. And I'm not even signed into my one drive.
Are you using OneDrive to sync your files? If so then it makes its own documents and pictures folders etc. so that might be part of your problem. If you look at the properties of your documents folder for example and there is OneDrive in the path then that is the case. We have a video on how to get your files back to their default location if you don't want to use OneDrive any longer but its hard to say what state your files are in without seeing it.
ruclips.net/video/119bYD_A9mI/видео.html
@@OnlineComputerTips I had to drag and drop the files in my display screen on my desktop to folders I created. Yes they are being saved to my onedrive that I don't even remember creating
If you don't want to use OneDrive, then I would follow the instructions on the video to remove your account from it and get things back in their original folders and then you can change their locations to the new ones after that.
How do you change it back though?
reset defaut
Not in windows