How to Change Storage Location where New Content is Saved in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can change the storage drive location for where your new apps, documents, music, photos and videos, movies and TV shows, and offline maps are saved by default. You can use any internal, external, or removable drives as a storage save location. These locations will be reflected in the folders in Quick access
The new storage location you select will automatically be included to the same documents, music, pictures, or videos library as your default save location. This way, when you save items in the library, it will actually be saved to the selected storage location.
This tutorial will show you how to change the storage location of where new content like apps, documents, music, photos and videos, movies and TV shows, and offline maps are saved by default for your account in Windows 10.
If you disconnect a drive that you set as the storage save location, then the storage save location will automatically revert to the default This PC until you reconnect the drive.
Items saved at one storage location do not automatically get moved to a new storage location when selected.
You will not be able to use a ReFS formatted drive as a storage location.
EXAMPLE: Quick access
Here's How:
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.
2 Click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Change where new content is saved link under More storage settings on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Select the drive to where you want your apps, documents, music, photos and videos, movies and TV shows, and/or offline maps to be saved to by default, and click/tap on Apply. (see screenshot below)
If the storage locations are empty, then check to make sure that the Storage Service service is enabled and set to Start (running) and manual.
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4 A folder (ex: Brink) with the same name as your C:\Users\(user-name) user profile folder will now automatically be created on the selected save location (ex: Backup (G) ) if it doesn't already exist, then a subfolder (ex: Music) for your documents, music, pictures, or videos will be created inside the main folder (ex: Brink) if it doesn't already exist. This path (ex: "G:\Brink\Music") will be used as the new storage save location. (see screenshots below)
5 The folder (ex: "G:\Brink\Music") from step 4 will now automatically be included in the appropriate Documents, Music, Pictures, or Videos library (ex: Music library), and set as your default save location for the library. (see screenshots below)
6 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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