Accidentally changed my documents and cannot change back
So I recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on my SSD. I intend to use my SSD for games and programs that require a speed and a HARD drive of 1 TB for storage of other things. So I went to move the My Documents folder on my storage drive, but accidentally made the storage drive to the location of My Documents.
My Documents is no longer under my user folder or on the desktop, so I can not reset it that way. Is there another way to put it into default?
You can use the registry to set the association under the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
However, I recommend that you use the system restore instead because it will be a more complete restoration of settings and will not bear any risk of loss of files or make changes to the registry failed. To use the system restore, simply type 'restore' in your Start menu.
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