Restore Default Location of Personal Folders in Windows 10  

Hi Brink, thank you. That command opens E:\Data\Contacts.

Brink said:

Just to confirm, did you use step 3 in option 2 to try and restore the default location of the Contacts folder, verify it's correct, and moved it to "E:\Data\Contacts"?

I have just tried it again to make sure but it is still the same.
This is what the Contacts and Data folders look like at the moment.

Try3 said:

Please would you define your problem.

The diagrams show that your Contacts folder is a subfolder of E:\smudged and that is what you said you wanted, assuming that E:\smudged is actually the E:\Data folder that you referred to earlier on.

Is the problem the residual buttons?



What path does the Registry [RegEdit.exe] show at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
for the entry
{56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882}

Denis

Hi Denis. Yes the problem is the buttons (and yes E:\smudge is E:\Data). When I open E:\Data the Ribbon closes and the buttons appear. The registry path points to E:\Data\Contacts.

Thanks for your help Brink and Denis. I have fixed it. I was looking around in the Folder Options dialogue box, I can't be sure but I think clicking the Reset Folders button did the trick.

thowl said:

I have just tried it again to make sure but it is still the same.
This is what the Contacts and Data folders look like at the moment.

If anyone comes to this thread looking for a solution to this (e.g. you accidently moved a special folder to a base directory and now the base directory is behaving as if its a downloads or contacts or whatever, but the files are still there) and using the batch files isn't fixing it, I found the solution on the Microsoft forums: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-ac67c26fbcfb

Briefly:

1. Launch an Explorer window
2. Click the "View" menu section on top
3. Click "Options" then "Change Folder and Search Options"
4. Click the "View" tab
5. Scroll down about halfway and DE-select "Hide Proteced Operating System Files (Recommended)" and then hit ok to the warnings
6. Go to the offending folder (The one that is correct but has the wrong name and display) and you should see a file called "desktop.ini". Delete it. (or copy it somewhere else but CHANGE THE EXTENSION FIRST or you will be spreading the problem.
7. Refresh your Explorer window.

Your folder should have gone back to normal. (you may need to restart first).