Why my document and desktop are appearing in OneDrive

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Why my document and desktop are appearing in OneDrive

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When I download apps which default save location is c:\user\document,and it will be redirected to OneDrive\document,but those app can't run properly because they can't read this location, however because I can't open those apps, I can't change their default location.So I uninstalled OneDrive, but the c:\user\onedrive steal exists and the app still can't work

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Ramesh Srinivasan 87,175 Independent Advisor

(Assuming you've created a System Restore Point already.)

Run "Regedit.exe" to start the Registry Editor.

Go to the following branch:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

From the File menu, click "Export" and save the branch to a REG file.

In the right pane, delete the following values:

{24D89E24-2F19-4534-9DDE-6A6671FBB8FE}

{339719B5-8C47-4894-94C2-D8F77ADD44A6}

{767E6811-49CB-4273-87C2-20F355E1085B}

{AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B}

{F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756} 

{0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639}

{B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F}

{3B193882-D3AD-4EAB-965A-69829D1FB59F}

{69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C}

Double-click "Desktop" and set its data to:

%USERPROFILE%\Desktop

Double-click "My Pictures" and set its data to:

%USERPROFILE%\Pictures

Double-click "Personal" and set its data to:

%USERPROFILE%\Documents

Exit the Registry Editor.

Open a Command Prompt window and run these commands:

md "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"

md "%USERPROFILE%\Documents"

md "%USERPROFILE%\Pictures"

Log off and log back into your account.

The above steps will restore the shell folders to their default location. But the files needs to be moved manually from the respective OneDrive folders to the default location.

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4 additional answers

Answer 1

Anonymous

It shows this error

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Answer 2

Ramesh Srinivasan 87,175 Independent Advisor

Please create a System Restore Point and do the following:

Open the "OneDrive" folder. In the OneDrive folder, right-click "Desktop" and click Properties. Click the "Location" tab. Click "Restore default". Click Yes when asked to move the files to the default location.

Similarly, move the "Documents" and the "Pictures" folder via the folder properties → Location tab.

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Answer 3

Here is the result

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

AppData    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming 

Cache    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache 

Cookies    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies 

Favorites    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\Favorites 

History    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History 

Local AppData    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local 

My Music    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\Music 

My Video    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\Videos 

NetHood    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts 

PrintHood    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts 

Programs    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs 

Recent    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent 

SendTo    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo 

Start Menu    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu 

Startup    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 

Templates    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates 

{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\Downloads 

{24D89E24-2F19-4534-9DDE-6A6671FBB8FE}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\Documents\文档 

{339719B5-8C47-4894-94C2-D8F77ADD44A6}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\图片 

{767E6811-49CB-4273-87C2-20F355E1085B}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\图片\本机照片 

{AB5FB87B-7CE2-4F83-915D-550846C9537B}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\图片\本机照片 

Desktop    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\Desktop 

My Pictures    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\图片 

Personal    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    C:\Users\13662\OneDrive\Documents\文档 

{F42EE2D3-909F-4907-8871-4C22FC0BF756}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\Documents\文档 

{0DDD015D-B06C-45D5-8C4C-F59713854639}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\图片 

{B7BEDE81-DF94-4682-A7D8-57A52620B86F}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\图片\Screenshots 

{3B193882-D3AD-4EAB-965A-69829D1FB59F}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\图片\Saved Pictures 

{69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C}    REG\_EXPAND\_SZ    %USERPROFILE%\OneDrive\图片\Slide Shows

and I don't know why there is chinese in the folder name, in my computer it is English

Answer 4

Hi 梁子路朱, This is Ramesh.

If you've already uninstalled OneDrive, you can fix the Documents and Desktop folder paths via the registry.

First, let's check the existing settings in the registry.

From a Command Prompt window, run:

reg.exe query "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"

The above command queries the shell folder registry settings. Copy the output and paste it into your reply window.

After seeing the settings, I will post the solution to fix the paths.