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This part might seem scary, but it’s really easy. In that case, make sure there is a folder “Downloads”. Maybe only your Downloads folder is screwed up, and all the other folders are okay (Desktop, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, My Videos).

Check that non-Magic Folders have the proper name, which prepares us for the next step.

If there is no “My Documents” or “Documents”, then create a new folder C:\Users\ USERNAME\Documents.

If you see a normal yellow folder called “Documents”, do nothing. Again, the following is the list of folders you may need to create/rename:įor example, if you see “My Documents” and it’s a magic icon, you do not need to do anything. If a folder is completely missing, you’ll need to create a new one. If a “magic folder” icon is not there, and it just looks like a regular folder icon, you just need to check the folder name and change it if necessary. Note that “Desktop” and “Downloads” do NOT have “My” in front of them in Explorer, but they DO have Magic Folder Icons, which look like so: Here, you’re going to need to decide which folder(s) are screwed up.Įven though the PATH to the User folder doesn’t contain the word “My”, the version you see in Explorer should look like so: So, open Explorer (Win-E, or double-click the Computer icon) and navigate to: C:\Users\ USERNAME

Run some command-prompt stuff to finish The Magicĭon’t worry, it’s all very simple! Create/Rename the User Folders.

These are the actual names of the folders as stored on your hard drive, but since we’re talking about special User folders, they are magically turned into “My _” folders with the special icon. Just replace USERNAME with your Windows account login, which in my case is “Scottie”. The default locations for the User folders in Windows 7 are: So, here’s the boiled-down, anybody-can-do-it version on how to restore your missing User folders – or so I hope!įirst, a few bits of info you’ll need to keep in mind. There is a lot of info out there on how to fix these built-in Windows 7 folders, but it’s all rather complicated.

Windows treats them differently than a normal folder you might create yourself, and they even have pretty icons, like so: Try as you might, you won’t be able to restore these user folders, because they are actually “special”. At some point, you’ll probably run into a problem that doesn’t seem to have an easy solution: one of your default User folders in Windows 7 (My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, Downloads, and Desktop) will suddenly disappear.