Desktop Location Changed

[KG]

My Desktop folder somehow got changed to a path in my Documents directory.
When I delete it, everything on my desktop is deleted (except the Recycle
Bin). I also get a warning everytime I open up an explorer window now saying
it can't find the location where the desktop folder I deleted was. Is there
a simply way to return the location of the Desktop directory to it's default?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi KG,

You can reset the Desktop shell folder path in the registry directly.

See "Method 2" in this article:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/95/1/How-to-move-the-special-folders-in-Windows-Vista.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


My Desktop folder somehow got changed to a path in my Documents directory.
When I delete it, everything on my desktop is deleted (except the Recycle
Bin). I also get a warning everytime I open up an explorer window now saying
it can't find the location where the desktop folder I deleted was. Is there
a simply way to return the location of the Desktop directory to it's default?