Windows 10 允许您更改用户文件夹的位置并将它们移动到您想要的任何位置。例如，您可能已将“下载^{(Downloads )}”文件夹从C:驱动器上的默认位置移动到另一个分区或驱动器，以使其与操作系统分开。您可能对您的Pictures文件夹、Documents和其他用户文件夹做了同样的事情。问题是，当您将用户文件夹移动到另一个位置时，您也会移动其中的所有内容。如果您需要或想要恢复一个或多个个人用户文件夹的默认位置怎么办？在这种情况下，请继续阅读以了解如何将“下载^(Downloads)”文件夹和其他用户文件夹恢复到其原始默认位置视窗 10^{(Windows 10)}。

注意：^(NOTE:)如果您来本教程寻找将用户文件夹重定向到其他文件夹的方法，您应该阅读这篇文章：如何更改 Windows 10 中的用户文件夹位置（文档、下载等）^{(How to change user folder locations in Windows 10 (Documents, Downloads, etc.))}。

如何将用户文件夹恢复到默认位置

如果您更改了一个或多个用户文件夹（例如Downloads、Documents、Music、Videos、Images、Screenshots等）的默认位置，并且现在它们位于不同的路径中，您可以使用以下步骤恢复它们的位置. 为了举例说明，我们将向您展示如何将“下载^{(Downloads )}”文件夹恢复到其默认位置。但是，对于要还原的任何其他用户文件夹，该过程是相同的。

首先，打开文件资源管理器^{(open File Explorer)}并导航到您想要带入其原始路径的用户文件夹。在我们的例子中，这就是Downloads文件夹。它的默认位置应该是C:\Users\[Your User Folder]\Downloads。但是，我们将其移至D:驱动器，如下所示。

下载^(Downloads)文件夹位于自定义位置

找到用户文件夹后，右键单击或按住它。在显示的上下文菜单中，选择Properties。

打开下载^(Downloads)文件夹的属性^(Properties)

Windows 10 现在打开该用户文件夹的“属性^(Properties)”窗口。在其中，选择位置^(Location)选项卡。

“下载属性^{(Downloads Properties)}”窗口中的“位置^(Location)”选项卡

然后，要将用户文件夹移动到其原始位置，请单击或点击“恢复默认值”^{(Restore Default)}按钮。

恢复下载文件夹 Windows 10

您可能已经注意到，按下“恢复默认值”^{(Restore Default)}按钮会将文件夹的路径更改为其原始位置。

就我而言，下载^(Downloads)文件夹的路径从“D:\Downloads”更改为“C:\Users\codru\Downloads.”这是安装Windows 10时默认找到下载^(Downloads)文件夹的位置。

Windows 10中“^{(Windows 10)}下载^(Downloads)”文件夹的默认位置

单击或点击应用^(Apply)或确定^(OK)。如果原始用户文件夹不再存在于其默认位置，Windows 10 会告诉您它并询问您是否要立即创建它。回答是^(Yes)，否则无法恢复用户文件夹。

在其原始位置创建下载文件夹^(Downloads)

此外，如果您的用户文件夹中存储了文件和文件夹，Windows 10 还会询问您是否“[...] 您要将所有文件从旧位置移动到新位置”^{(“[...] you want to move all the files from the old location to the new location”)}。您应该通过回答Yes来做到这一点。否则，即使在默认的 Windows 10 位置也创建了具有相同名称的新用户文件夹，您的旧用户文件夹仍会保留在原处，其中包含所有文件。

选择将文件从旧位置移动到默认下载^(Downloads)位置

等待^(Wait)Windows 10^{(Windows 10)}将您的用户文件夹移动到其默认位置，然后再次单击或点击确定^(OK)。

关闭下载属性^{(Downloads Properties)}窗口

很简单，对吧？🙂

恢复用户文件夹的另一种方法

如果您的个人用户文件夹发生了如此糟糕的事情，以至于我们之前介绍的步骤不起作用，那么有一种可靠的方法可以将它们恢复到默认位置。这并不令人愉快，但是您可以通过创建一个新用户帐户并将所有文件从损坏的文件夹移动到新用户帐户中的好文件夹来做到这一点。

如果您不知道如何创建新帐户，可以在这些文章中找到所有步骤：

• 如何将 Microsoft 帐户添加到 Windows 10^{(How to add a Microsoft account to Windows 10)}或
• 将本地（非 Microsoft）用户添加到 Windows 10 的 6 种方法^{(6 ways to add a local (non-Microsoft) user to Windows 10)}

创建新用户帐户后，将旧用户文件夹中的所有文件复制到新帐户中找到的文件中。不幸的是，这是一个乏味的过程，并且还涉及为您的新用户帐户重新自定义Windows 10 。

将文件从旧用户文件夹移动到新帐户的用户文件夹

如果您更改了用户文件夹的默认位置，如何找到您的用户文件夹

如您所见，恢复用户文件夹的默认位置很容易。但是，如果您一开始不知道将它们移到哪里怎么办？值得庆幸的是，也有一种简单的方法可以找到这些信息。打开文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}，然后在其地址栏中，从下面的列表中输入相应的 shell 命令以查找每个用户文件夹：

• 3D 对象：^{(3D Objects: )}外壳：3D 对象
• 联系人：^{(Contacts: )}外壳：联系人
• 桌面：^{(Desktop: )}外壳：桌面
• 文件：^{(Documents: )}外壳：个人
• 下载：^{(Downloads: )}外壳：下载
• 收藏夹：^{(Favorites: )} shell：收藏夹
• 链接：^{(Links: )}外壳：链接
• 音乐：^{(Music: )}贝壳：我的音乐
• 图片：^{(Pictures: )}贝壳：我的图片
• 保存的游戏：^{(Saved Games: )} shell:SavedGames
• 搜索：^{(Searches: )}外壳：搜索
• 视频：^{(Videos: )}外壳：我的视频

例如，如果您想找到您的下载^(Downloads)文件夹，请键入shell:Downloads，如下面的屏幕截图所示。

外壳：下载^(Downloads)将您带到Windows 10中的“^{(Windows 10)}下载^(Downloads)”文件夹

就是这样！

您^(Did)是否设法将用户文件夹恢复到默认位置？

现在您知道如何在Windows 10中将^{(Windows 10)}下载^{(Downloads )}和其他用户文件夹还原到其原始位置。如您所见，这很容易做到。但是，软件（通常）很复杂，随时可能出现问题。您^(Did)在尝试将用户文件夹恢复到默认位置时是否偶然发现了任何错误，或者一切运行顺利？请在评价部分留下您的意见。

How to restore Downloads and other user folders in Windows 10 -

Windows 10 allows you to change the locatіon of your user folders and move them to anywhere you want. For example, you might have moved the Downloads folder from its default location on your C: drive to another partition or drive to keep it separate from your operating system. You might have done the same thing with your Pictures folder, Documents, and other user folders. The thing is that when you move a user folder to another location, you also move everything in it. What if you need or want to restore the default location of one or more of your personal user folders? In that case, read on to find out how to restore the Downloads folder and other user folders to their original default location in Windows 10.

NOTE: If you came to this tutorial looking for ways to redirect user folders to other folders, you should read this article instead: How to change user folder locations in Windows 10 (Documents, Downloads, etc.).

How to restore user folders to their default locations

If you have changed the default location of one or more of your user folders (like Downloads, Documents, Music, Videos, Images, Screenshots, etc.) and they are now found at different paths, you can restore their locations using the next steps. To exemplify, we will show you how to restore the Downloads folder to its default location. However, the procedure is the same for any other user folder you want to restore.

First, open File Explorer and navigate to the user folder that you want to bring to its original path. In our case, that’s the Downloads folder. Its default location should be C:\Users\[Your User Folder]\Downloads. However, we moved it to the D: drive, as you can see below.

The Downloads folder is found at a custom location

Once you find the user folder, right-click or press-and-hold on it. In the contextual menu that shows up, select Properties.

Opening the Properties of the Downloads folder

Windows 10 now opens the Properties window for that user folder. In it, select the Location tab.

The Location tab from the Downloads Properties window

Then, to move the user folder to its original location, click or tap the Restore Default button.

Restore Downloads folder Windows 10

As you might have noticed, pushing the Restore Default button changes the folder’s path to its original location.

In my case, the path of the Downloads folder changed from “D:\Downloads” to “C:\Users\codru\Downloads.” That’s where the Downloads folder was found by default when Windows 10 was installed.

The default location of the Downloads folder in Windows 10

Click or tap on Apply or OK. If the original user folder no longer exists in its default location, Windows 10 tells you about it and asks you whether you want to create it now. Answer Yes, otherwise the user folder can’t be restored.

Creating the Downloads folder in its original location

Furthermore, if you have files and folders stored in your user folder, Windows 10 also asks you if “[...] you want to move all the files from the old location to the new location”. You should do that by answering Yes. Otherwise, your old user folder remains where it is, with all the files in it, even if a new user folder bearing the same name is also created in the default Windows 10 location.

Choosing to move the files from the old location to the default Downloads location

Wait for Windows 10 to move your user folder to its default location, and then click or tap OK once more.

Closing the Downloads Properties window

Simple, right? 🙂

An alternative way of restoring user folders

If something so bad happened to your personal user folders that the steps we’ve presented earlier don’t work, there is one surefire way to restore them to their default locations. It’s not pleasant, but you can do that by creating a new user account and moving all the files from your broken folders to the good ones from the new user account.

If you don’t know how to create a new account, you can find all the steps in these articles:

• How to add a Microsoft account to Windows 10 or
• 6 ways to add a local (non-Microsoft) user to Windows 10

Once you’ve created the new user account, copy all the files from your old user folders to the ones found in the new account. Unfortunately, this is a tedious process and it also involves customizing Windows 10 all over again for your new user account.

Moving files from an old user folder to the new account's user folders

How to find your user folders if you changed their default locations

As you’ve seen, it’s easy to restore the default locations of your user folders. But what if you don’t know where you moved them in the first place? Thankfully, there’s an easy way to find out that information too. Open File Explorer and, in its address bar, enter the corresponding shell command from the list below to find each of your user folders:

• 3D Objects: shell:3D Objects
• Contacts: shell:Contacts
• Desktop: shell:Desktop
• Documents: shell:Personal
• Downloads: shell:Downloads
• Favorites: shell:Favorites
• Links: shell:Links
• Music: shell:My Music
• Pictures: shell:My Pictures
• Saved Games: shell:SavedGames
• Searches: shell:Searches
• Videos: shell:My Video

For example, if you want to find your Downloads folder, type shell:Downloads like in the screenshot below.

shell:Downloads takes you to your Downloads folder in Windows 10

That’s it!

Did you manage to restore your user folders to their default locations?

Now you know how to restore Downloads and other user folders to their original locations in Windows 10. As you’ve seen, it’s pretty easy to do it. However, software (in general) is complicated, and issues can pop up at any time. Did you stumble across any bugs while trying to restore user folders to their default locations, or did everything run smoothly? Let us know in the comments section.

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