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Old May 2nd 18, 10:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dale
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

Hi,

My Documents folder doesn't show my old files/folders after the
following update

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

the files/folders are under Documents if I browse through the C:\ drive
to Users then my user name

I might have done en-gb update instead of en-us

I have a "us" system

any ideas appreciated

don't know what would happen if I copied the files/folders ...

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Old May 2nd 18, 10:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 02/05/2018 22:43, dale wrote:


the files/folders are under Documents if I browse through the C:\
drive to Users then my user name



All personal folders have always been under users\USERNAME folder. For
example:

C:\Users\dale\

You don't need to do anything. By default that folder is accessible by
you on that machine.

Does this help?

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Old May 2nd 18, 10:56 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

dale wrote:

don't know what would happen if I copied the files/folders ...


If you select the Documents folder, right click it and click Properties,
then go to the Location tab, there's a "move" button that lets you
relocate it ...
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Old May 2nd 18, 11:42 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dale
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

On 5/2/2018 5:50 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 02/05/2018 22:43, dale wrote:


the files/folders are under Documents if I browse through the C:\
drive to Users then my user name



All personal folders have always been under users\USERNAME folder. For
example:

C:\Users\dale\

You don't need to do anything.Â* By default that folder is accessible by
you on that machine.

Does this help?


No, but thanks,

If I go to "This PC" then "Documents" they are no longer there whereas
they were before


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Old May 3rd 18, 12:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dale
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

On 5/2/2018 5:56 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
dale wrote:

don't know what would happen if I copied the files/folders ...


If you select the Documents folder, right click it and click Properties,
then go to the Location tab, there's a "move" button that lets you
relocate it ...


Thanks,

somehow it wouldn't let me overwrite a Onedrive shortcut, went to
Onedrive.com and deleted it but it still didn't work even if the folder
was empty

I copied the files of interest, I realize this is a hack and might come
back to get me ...

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Old May 3rd 18, 12:43 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

dale wrote:
Hi,

My Documents folder doesn't show my old files/folders after the
following update

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10

the files/folders are under Documents if I browse through the C:\ drive
to Users then my user name

I might have done en-gb update instead of en-us

I have a "us" system

any ideas appreciated

don't know what would happen if I copied the files/folders ...


I can't be sure, but I think Andy is hinting that you
moved your home directory or something. You can do that,
as there is a Junction Point to allow flexible relocation
of various things the OS uses.

You may need to "re-wire" the Junction Point so that
your Documents show again. Perhaps they're on your
D: drive as D:\users\dale or something similarly
creative ?

For the record, historically the OS installer logic does
not like it when users move stuff. But since your
upgrade finished, that is evidence you didn't move things.
We will never receive any advanced notice, if Microsoft
ever decides to fix that.

So perhaps the very first step, in collecting evidence, is
locating some of your files and figuring out where they
are at the moment. Perhaps the path to the files, will
hint what happened ?

If you did a *full backup* first, of course there will be
easy ways to escape. However, depending on how clever
your setup is, and whether you designed your backup
configuration to cover everything, it's hard to say whether
the backup is all that easy to restore.

I don't know if you can tell, but I *do not* recommend
moving those Junction Points. That's an advanced topic
for "people who can handle any eventuality". Because
doing so, can introduce multiple surprises. It's like
I don't recommend "RAID disks" for average users either,
due to the surprises that can cause. I've tested
RAID disk setups, to uncover issues, but I have no
interest in putting my files on a setup like that.
If you like aggravation, go right ahead and move
stuff. Put your Program Files (x86) on E: etc.
Then watch the fireworks.

Paul
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Old May 3rd 18, 01:03 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Andy Burns[_6_]
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

Paul wrote:

I can't be sure, but I think Andy is hinting that you
moved your home directory or something.


Yes, it's possible it had been moved in the past, and in my experience
if moved to a different drive, it's then possible to end up with an
empty c:\users\Fred\Documents re-created after an update

You can do that, as there is a Junction Point to allow flexible
relocation of various things the OS uses.

If he can see where his files actually are, I was suggesting using the
properties/location/move option to move the documents folder to be where
the files are.
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Old May 3rd 18, 03:08 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dale
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On 5/2/2018 7:43 PM, Paul wrote:

I don't know if you can tell, but I *do not* recommend
moving those Junction Points


Thanks much ! I didn't change the Location under Properties, it wouldn't
let me because there was a Onedrive folder shortcut, even after, as per
the pop-up instructions, I deleted the folder on Onedrive.com

just moved the files, but I don't like the location, I thought I got rid
of Onedrive at some point and switched to Google's drive, some update
reactivated it

think I will put a a shortcut to c:\Users\me\Documents in a convenient place


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Old May 3rd 18, 03:15 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
dale
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Default documents folder after 1803 update

On 5/2/2018 8:03 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
Paul wrote:

I can't be sure, but I think Andy is hinting that you
moved your home directory or something.


Yes, it's possible it had been moved in the past, and in my experience
if moved to a different drive, it's then possible to end up with an
empty c:\users\Fred\Documents re-created after an update

You can do that, as there is a Junction Point to allow flexible
relocation of various things the OS uses.

If he can see where his files actually are, I was suggesting using the
properties/location/move option to move the documents folder to be where
the files are.


the current location is C:\Users\me\OneDrive\Documents

I want C:\Users\me\Documents ... that is what is was before update

it won't let me change the location because there is a OneDrive shortcut
in the folder

the pop-up instructions say to delete the shortcut on OneDrive.com ... I
did that but it still will not switch locations

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