I have 2 duplicate music folders, with the same destination and I cannot change it!

[Cracker_T]

I was messing with my drives and somehow they both change when I try and change the file destination. I have no clue how to change it

 

[BlaezaLite]

Someone help this guy out. He's here from LTT by my advice, so don't let me down!

 

[JATownes]

Right click Music, then properties, then location tab, and you can change the location of the "Music" library. The documents/downloads/music/pictures folders are just shortcut links. It looks like you renamed your "Pictures" library to "Music".

JAT

 

[Cracker_T]

Right click Music, then properties, then location tab, and you can change the location of the "Music" library. The documents/downloads/music/pictures folders are just shortcut links. It looks like you renamed your "Pictures" library to "Music".

JAT

It's under "this PC". The quick access, I've added pictures, but I cannot customize it or change the location.

 

[JATownes]

Ah, now I see. I am trying to recreate the problem locally. What does the properties tab of either of the "Music" tabs look like under "This PC"? Just like the Quick Access one, or different?

 

[pryinglynx.digital]

Looks like some NTFS slop, typical.

Can you check this registry location?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Here's the default GUIDs

{GUID} String​	Shell Folder Name​
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}	3d objects​
{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}	Desktop​
{D3162B92-9365-467A-956B-92703ACA08AF}	Documents​
{088E3905-0323-4B02-9826-5D99428E115F}	Downloads​
{3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE}	Music​
{24AD3AD4-A569-4530-98E1-AB02F9417AA8}	Pictures​
{F86FA3AB-70D2-4FC7-9C99-FCBF05467F3A}	Videos​

Backup the registry hive before continuing. Viewing registry and not changing isn't going to harm it.

Change the DWORD for {3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE} to 0
If the 2nd music folder still exists, and it's listed in the registry path, set that also to 0.

It looks like the Music QA was duplicated and renamed, but not being able to edit via Explorer is strange.

 

[OC-Ghost]

Check C:\Users\"Tom Thorpe", do you have 2 'music' folders or is it 1 Music and 1 Pictures?

 

[R0H1T]

That second (Music) one is obviously pictures, look at the icon.

Also what folders do you see under current user? Like these ~

 

[BlaezaLite]

He'll come back, see all this and think "WTF!"

 

[R0H1T]

If it's an easy solution he'll likely figure it out himself, probably just need to pin the right folder in the (quick access) favorites.

 

[BlaezaLite]

You lot make a lot of things seem easy though. Whereas I'd be sat there scratching my head and hitting things. That's why I brought him here!

 

[Cracker_T]

Ah, now I see. I am trying to recreate the problem locally. What does the properties tab of either of the "Music" tabs look like under "This PC"? Just like the Quick Access one, or different?

Different. The pinned music tab doesn't have a location tab whereas the picture one does.

That second (Music) one is obviously pictures, look at the icon.

Also what folders do you see under current user? Like these ~

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Everything but pictures

Looks like some NTFS slop, typical.

Can you check this registry location?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Here's the default GUIDs

{GUID} String​	Shell Folder Name​
{0DB7E03F-FC29-4DC6-9020-FF41B59E513A}	3d objects​
{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}	Desktop​
{D3162B92-9365-467A-956B-92703ACA08AF}	Documents​
{088E3905-0323-4B02-9826-5D99428E115F}	Downloads​
{3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE}	Music​
{24AD3AD4-A569-4530-98E1-AB02F9417AA8}	Pictures​
{F86FA3AB-70D2-4FC7-9C99-FCBF05467F3A}	Videos​

Backup the registry hive before continuing. Viewing registry and not changing isn't going to harm it.

Change the DWORD for {3DFDF296-DBEC-4FB4-81D1-6A3438BCF4DE} to 0
If the 2nd music folder still exists, and it's listed in the registry path, set that also to 0.

It looks like the Music QA was duplicated and renamed, but not being able to edit via Explorer is strange.

I have no idea how to do any of that haha. I did merge an HDD (it was in 2 partitions for some reason) so that probably messed it up. I used a 3rd part software so I didn't lose my data instead of using windows. Most of my games have been installed as well even though they are taking up room on the drive.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Remove the problem location links from Quick access, navigate to the correct folder locations, rename the folders as needed, re-add to quick access.

 

[Cracker_T]

Remove the problem location links from Quick access, navigate to the correct folder locations, rename the folders as needed, re-add to quick access.

The problem locations aren't under quick access, they're under "This PC"

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

The problem locations aren't under quick access, they're under "This PC"

as I said, navigate to the folder locations, which should be C:/Users/**whatever you use here**
Rename folders there. If that doesnt work, you'll have to edit the registry, IDK which ones atm. restart file explorer.

 

[Cracker_T]

as I said, navigate to the folder locations, which should be C:/Users/**whatever you use here**
Rename folders there. If that doesnt work, you'll have to edit the registry, IDK which ones atm. restart file explorer.

I've done that, and now it's changed both folder names to "pictures", in quick access and this PC. I might just put all the data on a flash drive and wipe/reformat it

 

[R0H1T]

Not sure if you tried this or not ~



But did you try to restore it to default?

Also not sure if this was a recent change with the (Windows) insider updates but I also don't have a folder added/allocated for the "Pictures" under This PC. The one under "Home" is just fine & redirects to C:/Users/* from the screenshot above.

 

[Cracker_T]

Not sure if you tried this or not ~

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But did you try to restore it to default?

Also not sure if this was a recent change with the (Windows) insider updates but I also don't have a folder added/allocated for the "Pictures" under This PC. The one under "Home" is just fine & redirects to C:/Users/* from the screenshot above.
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Yeah, I've tried both but nothing. It's like they think they're the same folder

 

[pryinglynx.digital]

I have no idea how to do any of that haha. I did merge an HDD (it was in 2 partitions for some reason) so that probably messed it up. I used a 3rd part software so I didn't lose my data instead of using windows. Most of my games have been installed as well even though they are taking up room on the drive.

Yeah, I had a feeling it was some join or partition extension tool. No worries.

Basically, your computer is trying to read the value for each Music GUID, and the GUIDs are the same so the computer lists it as the same, despite one being the Photos quick access.

You can access the registry by running regedit.exe from the search menu or the run menu (windows + R)
Ultimately, it was probably just a setting in 3rd party tool you used. A good learning exercise to fix it in the registry, but ad your own risk.

 

[neatfeatguy]

I'm not sure if you tried doing this, I've been trying to pick through all the posts while working.

Go into your C:\Users\XXXXX folder and you should see something like this:

In the picture above you can see where it shows "Music" and "Pictures".


What do you see when you right click on the one that should be "Pictures" and choose Properties in the dropdown menu (like this)?

Does the General tab have it labeled as music or picture? Can you change the name to "Picture" here and save the changes?

If you cannot change the name to Picture and save it, what do you see when you go under the Location tab, like you see in the picture below?

Does your location tab show C:\Users\xxxxx\Pictures?
If it doesn't can you click on the Restore Default button and see if that fixes it for you?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

I'm not sure if you tried doing this, I've been trying to pick through all the posts while working.

Go into your C:\Users\XXXXX folder and you should see something like this:
View attachment 254718

In the picture above you can see where it shows "Music" and "Pictures".


What do you see when you right click on the one that should be "Pictures" and choose Properties in the dropdown menu (like this)?
View attachment 254719

Does the General tab have it labeled as music or picture? Can you change the name to "Picture" here and save the changes?

If you cannot change the name to Picture and save it, what do you see when you go under the Location tab, like you see in the picture below?
View attachment 254720

Does your location tab show C:\Users\xxxxx\Pictures?
If it doesn't can you click on the Restore Default button and see if that fixes it for you?

This is what I said without the pictures, you can rename the folder there too.

 

[Cracker_T]

I'm not sure if you tried doing this, I've been trying to pick through all the posts while working.

Go into your C:\Users\XXXXX folder and you should see something like this:
View attachment 254718

In the picture above you can see where it shows "Music" and "Pictures".


What do you see when you right click on the one that should be "Pictures" and choose Properties in the dropdown menu (like this)?
View attachment 254719

Does the General tab have it labeled as music or picture? Can you change the name to "Picture" here and save the changes?

If you cannot change the name to Picture and save it, what do you see when you go under the Location tab, like you see in the picture below?
View attachment 254720

Does your location tab show C:\Users\xxxxx\Pictures?
If it doesn't can you click on the Restore Default button and see if that fixes it for you?

Sometimes it shows the location, sometimes it doesn't. Restore default makes them both turn into "Pictures"

This is what I said without the pictures, you can rename the folder there too.

I can change the name of each and it stays the same for my C folder, but under this PC it doesn't change. It's like these folders think they're the same, and keep copying each other when I change the other.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Sometimes it shows the location, sometimes it doesn't. Restore default makes them both turn into "Pictures"


I can change the name of each and it stays the same for my C folder, but under this PC it doesn't change. It's like these folders think they're the same, and keep copying each other when I change the other.

Do you make use of these two folders in Windows? I've never made use of them, but that's just me. If you're not using them, just ignore it. If you have to use them you have a few options left to try:

1) You could try the registry suggestions in previous posts.
2) Or, back your important files up and re-install Windows.

Sadly, sometimes stuff just breaks and the only way to fix it is re-installing.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Sometimes it shows the location, sometimes it doesn't. Restore default makes them both turn into "Pictures"


I can change the name of each and it stays the same for my C folder, but under this PC it doesn't change. It's like these folders think they're the same, and keep copying each other when I change the other.

did you restart the file explorer after the change? it does not show until after.