Hi,
I have 3 drives total, and have tried to set the default locations of all the libraries (documents, pictures etc) to a drive that is not the OS one.
These are my drives:
I want the libraries on (G:) instead of (C:).
I went onto properties/locationon all libraries and changed them to (G:). But not all of them are on the drive, and note that the icon for the G drive on the left is the pictures icon.
What went wrong, and how can I fix this?
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I would try going to c:usersusernamefoldername instead of using the quick access location. And do the properties/location, worked on my PC. You should be able to rename the pictures folder.
Hello James, and welcome to windowssh blog.
Instead of trying to move a library's location and risk breaking it, you could just create a folder where you want the library to save to by default, include that new folder in the library, then make the new folder the default save folder.
Library - Include Folder in Windows 10
Library Save Location - Set in Windows 10
Hi, thanks for the responses.
I've tried to reset all the libraries to default to go through with Brink's advice.
But there's a problem with Pictures and Videos:
I seem to have associated the entire G: drive with the Pictures library. There is no location tab in the properties. How can I fix this?
It looks like you may have your "C:Users(user-name)Pictures" and "C:Users(user-name)Videos" folders on G: instead.
Double check using the tutorial below to make sure that you have these folders set to be saved to "This PC (C)".
Storage Save Locations - Change in Windows 10
If they are, then see if using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to restore the default locations of these folders may help.
Users Personal Folders - Restore Default Location in Windows 10
Many thanks!
I used the Option Two solution, and all is now back on the C: drive as I wanted.
The "WindowsApps" folder remains on G: though. Is there a way to get this back over to C:?
Great news so far James.
Do you have "New apps will save to" set to "This PC"? in the Storage save location settings
Storage Save Locations - Change in Windows 10
Yes I do - but it seems to be the pre-installed Windows apps that come with the OS.
You could uninstall any app that's been installed on G, then reinstall the app to have it install on C.
I don't think I can do that as it's only the default Windows 10 apps, not ones I've installed myself.
Also, I can't access the WindowsApps folder, even when I go into advanced security and add my user as administrator. How can I get access?
