misconfigured documents folder win11

[sussertown]

somehow my wife lost the documents folder on the tree. I created a new documents folder and appropriate icon. Then I placed it in the library. I think the documents appeared immediately. Now, when I try to move another folder into the documents system folder, the bubble says desktop. Actually, if I hover over the documents folder it says documents, but if I check it's properties it says it's located on the desktop. That's confusing me. Is it a problem?

 

[Okedokey]

Right click on Documents and go to properties.
Click on the Location tab.
There you can Restore the Default or move it to a different folder / find the target.

 

[sussertown]

The standard directions do not work for this problem. You can see that in some iteration it says documents and in another it says desktop. I tried creating a new documents folder in photo 3 but it still confuses it with Desktop and tells me I already have a folder with the same name. If I try to copy the documents folder into that Herman Susser folder, it's trying to copy 6700 files! I assume maybe because it's trying to retrieve them from onedrive.

 

[Okedokey]

Check and edit the registry to make the changes you want (see pic below). Once you have made the changes you want, restart.
Once restarted go to a command prompt (elevated), type sfc /scannow
Wait for the scan and repair to finish.
Then update Windows.

 

[sussertown]

Check and edit the registry to make the changes you want (see pic below). Once you have made the changes you want, restart.
Once restarted go to a command prompt (elevated), type sfc /scannow
Wait for the scan and repair to finish.
Then update Windows.
View attachment 10781

I may have already fixed it, but I'll keep watch and save this post. I had done some work in this editor. Thank you.

 

[Okedokey]

No worries.