Missing or Duplicate Document folder is one of the nagging issues that appear in File Explorer. In short, you may find your favorite videos gone missing or a document appears twice in the same folder. Several users have faced this trouble and asked a solution to this.
Here, in this article, we will guide you with some easy workarounds to fix this bug. To solve this issue, you need to restore the default file explorer by changing the path of the specified folder or use Registry Editor to delete files that are in the wrong location. Let’s explore these two workarounds in somewhat more detail-
Fix- Missing or Duplicate Document folder issue in File Explorer
Here are stepwise workarounds to solve the Missing or Duplicate Document folder issue on File Explorer.
Before proceeding to the below fixes, we recommend you to create back up of your important files and folders. This will be useful to restore data if anything goes wrong while applying these solutions.
Restore default File Explorer
The first possible workaround to fix Duplicate or Folder Missing issue is to reset file explorer. To perform this, you should follow these steps-
Step-1: Press Win & E hotkey altogether to launch the File Explorer window.
Step-2: Here, select a duplicate Document folder from the list that auto generates.
Step-3: Now click on the View tab followed by the Options icon on the below ribbon.
Step-4: Succeeding after, select Restore Defaults under General Tab (See the snapshot below).
Repeat the same procedure if other duplicate folders are found.
Note: If you still fail to restore the specific folder, copy the document and browse to the path: C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Videos and paste it here. Subsequently, follow the above instructions to fix the problem.
Change Registry address
If the above method doesn’t help to fix the missing or duplicate Document folder issue on File explore, make some changes in the Registry address. This will diagnose the issue and might solve the bug too. Here are the steps to follow-
- At first press Win logo key & R jointly to launch Run dialog.
- In the void box, type Regedit then press Enter to open Registry Editor.
- Thereafter, navigate to the following path-
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
- Here, edit the path of {35286A68-3C57-41A1-BBB1-0EAE73d76C95} under “User Shell Folders” key.
The above step ensures that it matches the path for your videos i.e. %USERPROFILE%\Videos.
- Henceforth go to File Explorer, hold Shift key and make a right-click on Duplicate Document Folder.
- Select the Open PowerShell window option here on the context menu.
The path should read like- C:\users\<UserName>\Documents, if not modify it.
- Again on the view screen, type ri desktop.ini -force then press Enter to execute this code.
- Now switch to the File Explorer, right-click on any Document folder and select Properties from the list.
- Tap the Location tab and match the location. If you are sure the current file location is wrong, delete it.
That’s it, hope this surely helps to solve Missing or Duplicate Document folder issue on the File Explorer.
