Strange Drive Letter in each folder in Library


  1. Posts : 269
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #1

    Strange Drive Letter in each folder in Library


    So not sure what the wife did, all I do know is she removed her folders of My Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos.

    I have all the stuff backed up, but here is what I got so far.

    I had some issues with restoring the folders, but I followed an instruction here in the tutorials on how to restore by re-installing Windows 7 (I have 64-bit pro). Now only two of the four folders are fixed. My Pictures and My Videos are still acting up.

    If I right mouse click on the library and select properties, the only one that shows up is the public folder. If I click restore defaults, nothing. If I add the folder (they are in her profile) then it shows up. I save it and it is there. But it shows up as My Pictures (C:). I tried renaming, but you cannot.

    So how do I fix this? My Documents and My Music are fine though. It's just My Pictures and My Videos
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  2. Posts : 1,346
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #2

    AirPower4ever said:
    So not sure what the wife did, all I do know is she removed her folders of My Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos.

    I have all the stuff backed up, but here is what I got so far.

    I had some issues with restoring the folders, but I followed an instruction here in the tutorials on how to restore by re-installing Windows 7 (I have 64-bit pro). Now only two of the four folders are fixed. My Pictures and My Videos are still acting up.

    If I right mouse click on the library and select properties, the only one that shows up is the public folder. If I click restore defaults, nothing. If I add the folder (they are in her profile) then it shows up. I save it and it is there. But it shows up as My Pictures (C:). I tried renaming, but you cannot.

    So how do I fix this? My Documents and My Music are fine though. It's just My Pictures and My Videos
    Are you saying it shows up with the open parenthesis and a smiley face?
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  3. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Are you saying you reinstalled windows and it`s not perfect ?
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  4. Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Hello Steve,

    Double check using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to make sure that all of her My Documents, Music, etc... folders in her C:\Users\(user-name) folder are still set to be at there default location, and restore any that are not.
    After they are all restored back to default, check to see if they are included in the libraries. If not, you could manually include them back.
    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 269
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    @Sir George - no, it is suppose to be C: in parenthesis not a smiley. Must have mistaken my typing as a smiley.

    @Addram - I hear you, tried re-installing windows 7, but in the end it did not fix the issue.

    @Brink - I did try those, but no joy.
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  6. Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    Steve,

    Was it a "clean" install you tried?

    What happened when you tried my suggestion above to restore the user folders?
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  7. Posts : 269
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    @Brink - Well I did the restore part of the tutorial. When that did not work I then tried what you mentioned and still no joy.

    @houstonaccessco - Oh yes, I have back ups of just the data and I also have back up images. With 12TB, space is not an issue for me.

    Thanks, but I just ended up wiping the drive and just doing a clean install again. Probably due any how. Everything is back up and running.
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  8. Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    I'm happy to hear that you got it all sorted, but sorry it took a clean install. :)
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