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Artem Ponomarev2016-10-02 15:28:13
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Artem Ponomarev, 2016-10-02 15:28:13

How to return the location of the "Music" library to the default?

I wanted to change the location of the "Music" library (from the system drive (C :) to the hard drive (D :)),
1) To do this, I went to: this computer / music (library) / properties / location, then BY ERROR entered in the introductory line : (D:/), instead of (D:/Music), then I try to fix the error, but in vain, I get: "Unable to redirect parent object to child. Invalid path specified."
2) Then I try to restore the previous default address, but it says: "Could not form a list of normal subdirectories in " D: System Volume Information". Access denied."
Conclusion : the "Music" library has become a copy of the hard disk :( How to be? How to solve the problem? Windows 10
P.S. I tried this method, but it does not help.
"You need to go to the registry for this, press Win + R -> regedig -> the registry window will open, go to the specified path HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Explorer -> Shell Folders and look for the name of that folder in which you need to change the path, click 2 times and change the path to whatever you want, but that's not all , then look for the User Shell Folders folder in the Explorer section and do the same in it, look for the name of the folder in which you want to change the path, click 2 times and change the path to whatever you want, then restart the computer and rejoice."

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Ezhyg, 2016-10-06
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You are confusing the concepts of " library " and " user folder ".
A library is a "metafolder", a collection of folders on some basis.
The custom folder is essentially just an alias for the folder, although it does have a real folder as the target, left for compatibility, and pulled from Windows 9x. Here is a frank confession from the author https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110...
The "Music" library contains two folders - Music (user) and General Music.
The "Music" user folder is not exactly a folder, so you're not changing the location, but telling the alias to display a different "target".
Manually it does not work precisely because of redirection to the root. Now, temporarily, point to a folder on another drive, but do not move files (if there is something other than music in the root of the drive), since now the alias points to the drive itself (even the properties of the "folder" open with the properties of the drive), the main thing " direction" change.
With the registry, in your "instruction" the same thing is repeated twice (how can you not notice, I'm hz).
Therefore, spit on repetition and take only the first step. And after the reboot, figure out how to move the necessary folders to a new location yourself.

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