Windows 10 - How do I change the default folder for Windows Fax & Scan?

Question

I've searched Google and here for an answer, and while I'm finding some solutions, none of them seem to work for me.

I recently got a new laptop, and Windows Fax & Scan is saving my scans to my OneDrive by default, however I want it to save on my PC itself, in a different folder instead.

How do I change this?

Answer 1

Hi,

Thanks for posting in Q&A platform.

Here is a similar thread discussed before for your reference.

How to MOVE default location of Windows Fax and Scan?

Please kindly check if the method in above thread was helpful to you:

First find the real location of Libraries/Documents/Scanned Documents, to do this right click Scanned Documents and click "Open folder location"

In his case it opened this (which he copied from the address bar):

C:\Users\Tim\Documents\Scanned Documents

what do should do now is backup the files in this folder and then delete the "Scanned Documents" folder entirely

Then click the windows key and type into Run or Search (Or click WinKey + R) and type "cmd" then press Enter

A black console should appear

Into it you should enter this command, I wanted my scans to be saved in X:\Scans

mklink /d "C:\Users\Tim\Documents\Scanned Documents" X:\Scans

then press Enter

This creates a linked folder (symlink, not a shortcut), one that acts like a normal folder but is actually located in a different place, so when the scan software saves into its default location the files will actually be saved into X:\Scans

Best Regards,
Sunny

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Answer 2

Kindly go through the steps to change the location from OneDrive to PC

How to change default OneDrive folder location on Windows 10