Vista Tutorial - Personal User Folder - Restore Missing Folder

Hi Mojopin85, and welcome to Vista Forums.

To verify, make sure that you are using the following for them.

Music:
%USERPROFILE%\Music
shell:My Music

Downloads:
%USERPROFILE%\Downloads
shell:downloads

It should change this location in the registry for you as well, sometimes after a restart, but check to verify it has the correct location for Pictures as well.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

super advice in this tutorial....thanks....I've been tearing my hair out all day trying to sort out the mess I made and now it's all sorted in a few key strokes.....thanks again from a new member.

Gandi

Your welcome Gandi, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

Hello, my music folder and pictures folder are both yellow folders. I did the steps above but they both have the default location. In step 4 (insert below) it says if it does, go to step... but then it doesn't give a next step.

4. In the right pane, check to see if the missing personal user folder (under Name column) has the default %USERPROFILE% location (under Data column) for it.
NOTE: You can see all of the default locations in the screenshot below. If it does not have the default location, then proceed to step 5 to change it. If it is, then go to step .

Hello Cueball, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Use this tutorial instead to restore the default greenish folder icon for the Music and Pictures folders.

Personal User Shell Folders

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Hi Brink,

Thanks for the quick reply. I have checked, and both downloads and pictures have the correct information in the registry editor. Also, when I type shell:My Pictures or shell:downloads nothing is found. If I type shell:My Music the Music folder is found. Thsis is also true of the rest of the folders.

Just checked again and now both downloads and pictures are back and in their original locations! Its very strange, I didnt do anything atall and now they are back. I guess it just took vista a while to sort the problem out... :S Thanks alots for your help anyway. This is a really useful guide

Thanks, that worked! Got them all back.

Your welcome Cueball.

Shawn

I'm happy to hear that it sorted itself out for you.

Did you logoff and logon, or restart the computer between then? That can usually help reset them when the correct locations are in the registry for them.

Shawn