Location Tab Missing from Almost All Folders

HoggyDog · 10 Oct 2020

WinVer = 19041.508

With one exception (and that one's Location Tab doesn't work), none of my folders, including new ones I create myself, have Location tabs.

I did a due-diligence search and was overjoyed when I came up with this:
How to Add or Remove Location tab in Folder Properties in Windows 10

I d/l the Add file and ran it, no problems. Sadly, it did nothing- my folders still don't have a Location tab.

Please, I'm getting desperate- I need to unleash a few Location redirects before I completely fill up my System SSD. Can someone please help me get Location tabs on my folders? If nothing else, at least on new folders that I create on my Gaming drive? It's absurd that they are not there by default!

Thanks.

idgat · 11 Oct 2020

I assume your referring to the Location tab in the Properties of user folders .... Documents, Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, etc

If the tab is missing, it would suggest you're not looking at/accessing the actual user system folder, but simply folders that have the same name(s).

Do the folder listing(s) in Windows/File Explorer have the user system icon, or are they just plain common everyday folder icons?

Try restoring the icons to their default location C:\Users\username\

Note : "Restoring" doesn't mean simply copy/move > paste. The registry has to be adjusted accordingly. This forum has steps to do just that ...
Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10

HoggyDog said:

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HoggyDog said:

at least on new folders that I create on my Gaming drive?

Looking at this part, and having second thooughts ...

Yo don't "create" user system folders, you have to re-locate them from the original system location (as indicated above).

But if you're referring to everyday-usage user-created personal folders ..... they don't have a Location tab.

HoggyDog · 18 Oct 2020

if you're referring to everyday-usage user-created personal folders ..... they don't have a Location tab.

Bingo! I was, indeed, referring to both system folders (subs of AppData, Program Files, etc.) as well as user-created folders I have made to contain various downloads.

I could have sworn that I had "Location" options on most, if not all, folders in previous versions of Windows, but since Win10 doesn't have them, I'll have to find some other way. Thank you.

Marking this as "solved" even though it's more "Request Invalidated" than solved.