moving download folder

[CyberBird]

i just got a new system with both an ssd and a hard drive, i installed the windows on the ssd and plugged the hdd after. when moving the download directory to the hdd i accidentally made it D:\ and not D:\Downloads. and now it registered my hdd as the downloads folder. whenever i change it it gives me an error "cant redirect a parent into a child. the specified path is invalid. and when i restore to defaults it gives the error "failed to build the list of regular subdirectories under the volume "D:\ System Volume Information." access is denied"

 

[USAFRet]

You did it wrong. Here's how:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Potential fix action

 

[CyberBird]

You did it wrong. Here's how:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Potential fix action

any way to solve it?

 

[USAFRet]

You did it wrong. Here's how:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Potential fix action

any way to solve it?

Click on the 'Potential fix action' link. That may or may not be the solution.

 

[CyberBird]

You did it wrong. Here's how:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1 & 10: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html


Potential fix action

any way to solve it?

Click on the 'Potential fix action' link. That may or may not be the solution.

whenever i click on the links he provided i get redirected to the microsoft FAQ page

 

[USAFRet]

whenever i click on the links he provided i get redirected to the microsoft FAQ page

Then they apparently changed the target for those.
On that page, scroll down to the fix mentioned by RazvanT.
This involves mucking around in the Registry, and you may make things worse.

How new is this system?
You may consider just a clean OS install.