Question Change path for "My Documents"

[kep55]

We recently had new PCs installed. For some reason, when I click on "Documents" in File Explorer to goes to "C" blah, blah, blah. On the machine I did an in place upgrade as well as my two machines at home it goes directly to the documents folder. I can't save any documents because the path exceeds 218 characters. How would one fix the error?

 

[USAFRet]

We recently had new PCs installed. For some reason, when I click on "Documents" in File Explorer to goes to "C" blah, blah, blah. On the machine I did an in place upgrade as well as my two machines at home it goes directly to the documents folder. I can't save any documents because the path exceeds 218 characters. How would one fix the error?

Who set up this machine?

In File Explorer, right click the Documents Library
Select Properties
Select the Location tab.

What is the full path is it showing?

 

[kep55]

The full path for "My documents" is C:\Users\P*A****\Documents\Drive[C]\Users\User\Documents

 

[USAFRet]

The full path for "My documents" is C:\Users\PA***\Documents\Drive[C]\Users\User\Documents

Again, who set this up?
That is completely wrong.

 

[kep55]

Direct from Dell.

 

[USAFRet]

Direct from Dell.

This is what it should look like:

Possibly click "Restore default"

 

[kep55]

Thank you, Colonel Kong. I'm always leery to select anything in Windows that say "Default".

 

[USAFRet]

Did it work?

 

[Colif]

The full path for "My documents" is C:\Users\PA***\Documents\Drive[C]\Users\User\Documents

Direct from Dell.

Why doesn't that surprise me? that is one broken automatic script

 

[kep55]

Have to wait until Monday. Win10's "log off" (sign off) feature borks our remote log-in I think. Can't log-in remotely now. Oh, well. Maybe one of the few dozen engineers from over at Wright-Pat that attend our church can figure it out.

 

[USAFRet]

Maybe one of the few dozen engineers from over at Wright-Pat that attend our church can figure it out.

I probably know a couple of them.
If not directly, by proxy.

The "Restore Default" did not work?

If it came from Dell like that, I would make Dell actually fix it. That is NOT normal or beneficial.

 

[kep55]

Tried your suggestion. Didn't work. Got message I didn't have authorization to create folder. Tried Reset Defaults and it went right back to the long and wrong path. Tried creating "My Documents" folder. Didn't happen. Time to hit up vendor, eh?

Quick update. Rechecked file explorer and the folder "My Documents: appeared. Cut everything from existing incorrect path and pasted into the newly created My Documents folder. As my faithful servant Igor might say, "Master! It's alive. It's alive, I tell you!". I guess my dad, "Tail Gunner Gene" was wrong about air force officers. 😆

 

[USAFRet]

Tried your suggestion. Didn't work. Got message I didn't have authorization to create folder. Tried Reset Defaults and it went right back to the long and wrong path. Tried creating "My Documents" folder. Didn't happen. Time to hit up vendor, eh?

Quick update. Rechecked file explorer and the folder "My Documents: appeared. Cut everything from existing incorrect path and pasted into the newly created My Documents folder. As my faithful servant Igor might say, "Master! It's alive. It's alive, I tell you!". I guess my dad, "Tail Gunner Gene" was wrong about air force officers. 😆

Yep.

That could come from only one place...Dell.