Move Location of Documents Folder in Windows 10  

Brink said:

Hello Kaby, :)
You would most likely get a location not found type error message.

I guessed as much. I was hoping it would default back to the Downloads folder on the PC similar to the Storage Spaces feature of Windows 10. Oh well...

Brink said:

If you like, you could test and see since it won't hurt anything.

Will do...

Brink said:

I look forward to hearing the results. :)

I presume you already knew this but figured I would share in case others had the same inquiry... :)

You get an error...

@Brink or anyone
I had moved my documents folder to D:\Documents a long time back. This PC > Documents points to the same place.
BUT I have found that the original folder has been recreated, i.e. C:\Users\Alan\Documents, which is causing problems. For a start, it doesn't have a location tab.

If I consolidate all the data into D:\Documents, howw can I stop this happening again?

Thanks, appreciated.

1.
Outlook - I know how to more that, must have got it wrong before.
Then some games, I wonder if they have C:\Users\... hard coded instead of using the quick access shortcut.... so these will need a reinstall.

My plan would be to sort the above, then delete the folder .. would hate it to happen again - hence my question?

2. side question:
I had heard that startup would be much quicker if large folders weren't under the %user% - is that right?