Moved Music collection from default location and 'Music' folder renamed itself to D:\ - how do I get it back to being 'Music'

MarcLister · 22 Feb 2023 at 20:36

In order to give me some space back on my C: I moved my 240GB music collection from C:\Users\Marc\Music to a new hard drive, D:\. However I've found that in File Explorer the folder 'Music' has renamed itself to D:\ and this affects the sort order of the folders now. I'm used to clicking in a particular place to open 'Downloads' but this now opens 'Documents' instead. I have renamed the D:\ to Music in the General tab of the folder properties but it still shows D:\ in File Explorer. Is there anyway to fix this so that it says 'Music' again?

AthlonXP1800 · 23 Feb 2023 at 10:23

Move or Restore Default Location of Music Folder in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to move or restore the default location of the Music folder for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Music folder (shell:My Music) is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. By default, the Music...

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Try option 2?

MarcLister · 23 Feb 2023 at 16:12

All that seems to do is to put the Music library back to its default location? However it seems that making a sub-folder in D:\ called Music, putting everything into that, so D:\Music, has made the library have the Music name back now instead of D:\.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Feb 2023 at 16:14

You could just put a shortcut to D:\ or whatever drive it's at rather than redirect it fully.