Help my folders are not working !!

[Jamie_66]

Documents and desktop folder do exactly what the other does e.g. if I create a folder on the desktop it appears in my documents. I have tried moving them and restoring them to default but now whenever I move one to a different folder the other does the same as well! HELP!!! I know I haven't given information in great detail so if more info is needed please just ask!!

 

[Rocky Bennett]

What are you trying to do with your folders?

 

[Jamie_66]

Basically when I built my computer I used an SSD and a HDD and the SSD doesn't have a huge capacity (240GB). So I moved my main folders (i.e. Docs, Desktop, Vids, Music and Pictures) to my HDD to save some space on my SSD, this worked fine with all of them except DOCs and desktop.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

All you have to do is open file explorer, click on the file icon. Go to the desktop icon, right click, scroll down to properties, click on properties, go to the location tab and click, click on move and choose your new location, you can also choose to move all of your current files to the new location. Click OK.

Repeat the process for your documents. All done.

 

[Jamie_66]

All you have to do is open file explorer, click on the file icon. Go to the desktop icon, right click, scroll down to properties, click on properties, go to the location tab and click, click on move and choose your new location, you can also choose to move all of your current files to the new location. Click OK.

Repeat the process for your documents. All done.

I have already done this with my folders and it has some how caused my Doc and desktop folders to become linked

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Then it should be as easy as doing it again and paying attention to your targets.

 

[Jamie_66]

I know your only trying to be helpful, but read the first post, when I change the location of one (Docs or Desktop) the location of the other one changes as well e.g if I change the location of Docs to
"D: documents" then the location of desktop will also move there.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

I understand, but as I indicated "you" have to pay close attention to your targets. Have you already created a target folder called D: Desktop separate from the target folder D: Documents? This is crucial in order to be able separate these two folders.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Since I don't keep any icons or shortcuts on my desktop, I had to try this out to make sure it works. If your system is working correctly, the above directions will work like a charm. If they do not work then you might need to scan your system.