New content appearing in wrong documents folder

Question

I went into "Settings" in Windows 11 and changed the location of new documents from the C drive to the D drive (which has much more space). Since then, I have downloaded a couple of apps and noticed that new folders were created in the documents folder in the C -- and not D -- drive. For example, a Zoom folder was created in the documents folder in C. I do understand that I can go into the settings for those apps and change where data are stored, but I don't understand why this is not happening automatically after I made the changes in the Windows settings.

Answer 1

Thanks. The Location Tab should appear nonetheless. Does it appear for FIle Explorer>Onedrive>Documents folder?

Answer 2

I was, but realized that OneDrive was syncing with the C documents folder (and not the D documents) and so went to the OneDrive settings (under "Manage Backup") and turned off the backup. It is no longer synced with that folder.

Answer 3

That's odd. Are you backing up Documents to Onedrive?

Answer 4

I did do 2).

I just attempted to do 1), but under "Properties," the "Location" tab is missing. The only tabs are "General," "Sharing," "Security," "Previous Versions," and "Customize,"

Answer 5

Hi,

I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

There are two Settings which you need to change:

1. Right-click the Documents folder and choose the Location tab, and add the path.
2. In System>Storage>Where new content is saved.

Did you change the same on both?

Keep us posted.