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In C:\Users\Myself, I right-click on Videos folder, select "location" tab, click "Move" button, and enter "D:\Videos" as new location; then confirm that this location is added to the Videos library (and that C:\Users\Myself\Videos has been removed).
Now Explorer does not show any visible "Video" folder in C:\Users\Myself, even with hidden files shown. Nonetheless, entering C:\Users\Myself\Videos in Explorer jumps to D:\Videos.
I open CMD window and change to C:\Users\Myself directory. DIR /A shows nothing at all named Videos. CD C:\Users\Myself\Videos returns an error.
What the heck is going on? I assumed that Windows would move the Videos folder by placing a junction or symbolic link in C:\Users\Myself, but that doesn't seem to be what it's actually doing. What exactly is windows doing?
mc510
Posted 2015-08-25T16:54:07.927
Reputation: 63
1If you want a junction/symbolic link you would need to create that yourself. – Ramhound – 2015-08-25T17:03:54.800
Yeah, that does seem to be the case. But right now I'm trying to understand what Windows actually does when you tell it to change the location of one of the default User folders. – mc510 – 2015-08-25T17:12:27.927