Can't straighten out my folders...their order is very messed up.

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I recently found that the folder "Desktop" was somehow located under "Searches". I attempted to move it so that it would be under my name (as I'm listed under "Users". Instead "Desktop" is now at the top of the folders file.

If you go to OS (C:) then "Users", then pick my name, on the left under "Folders" you will see:

Desktop

My Name

Public

Computer

Network

Control Panel

Recycle Bin

All Photos

Desktop Items (a folder I had created to put stray items in)

and two other folders I created for my desktop

I really see this as a mess and I don't know how to move, rename or fix that "Desktop" folder. I, of course, don't want to lose any of my work.

Thank you for any help.

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2013-08-18T02:52:24+00:00

For this one, it went on for about a minute but what I was able to capture is 12 pages long in Word! I've just put the beginning and end here so let me know if there are other parts that I might have that you want:

dir c:\users /ad /s

Beginning that I could capture:

Directory of c:\users\Mcx1\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Program

s

12/16/2008 11:50 AM    <DIR>          .

12/16/2008 11:50 AM    <DIR>          ..

01/20/2008 10:42 PM    <DIR>          Accessories

01/20/2008 10:42 PM    <DIR>          Maintenance

08/15/2012 03:01 PM    <DIR>          Startup

               0 File(s)              0 bytes

Directory of c:\users\Mcx1\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Program

s\Accessories

End of what I could capture:

     Total Files Listed:

               0 File(s)              0 bytes

           18948 Dir(s) 477,152,256,000 bytes free
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T02:43:40+00:00

That's good. We know where windows thinks your desktop folder is. The All Users one is fine.

Remember to edit out users that aren't you from the file/folder commands.

I don't know how to do this. Maybe this is why the tree piece is so long. BUT there should not be other users. Unless that means something else besides people logged in. I'm the only user but sometimes the computer doesn't even know I'm supposed to be the administrator.
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2013-08-18T02:40:13+00:00

Let me know if you want the rest of this as for some reason the reply window won't accept all the characters. I must be doing something wrong here.
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T02:39:15+00:00

│   │   │   ├───August 06, 2008

│   │   │   ├───Buttermilk Falls

│   │   │   ├───Easter

│   │   │   ├───First Lost Tooth

│   │   │   ├───July 21, 2008

│   │   │   ├───March 11, 2008

│   │   │   ├───March 28, 2008

│
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T02:36:53+00:00

This is for the tree c:\users

This is as far up to the top I could go to copy. I tried it twice and don’t know how to access what is above this.   This seems to be my photos file.

   │   │   │   ├───January 27, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───July 07, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───July 09, 2007 Hosta

   │   │   │   ├───July 16, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───July 24, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───June 25, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───LA

   │   │   │   ├───Manchester Playground May

   │   │   │   ├───March 12, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───March 13, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───May 11, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───May 27, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───May Manchester Playground

   │   │   │   ├───Montshire 2-4-07

   │   │   │   ├───Mount Holly Days

   │   │   │   ├───Nov 07 fire pit

   │   │   │   ├───November 15, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───November 17, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───Oct 13, 2007 OMYA

   │   │   │   ├───October 23, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───September 15, 2007

   │   │   │   ├───September 24, 2007

   │   │   │   └───Thanksgiving 2007

   │   │   ├───2008

   │   │   │   ├───07-08 First day school

   │   │   │   ├───08 snow piles

   │   │   │   ├───2008

   │   │   │   │   ├───Bruce Park

   │   │   │   │   └───pool

   │   │   │   ├───2008 skiing

   │   │   │   ├───2008 Spring Vacation

   │   │   │   ├───April 12, 2008 Rhode Island

   │   │   │   ├───April 17, 2008

   │   │   │   ├───Aug 08 Santa's Village

   │   │   │   ├───August 02, 2008

   │   │   │   │   └───August 02, 2008
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