Windows Documents and Pictures directories do not point to the actual folders and files

[Mark McDonough]

Hi. I attempted to rid my computer of OneDrive. In the process, in File Explorer, the directories named Documents and Pictures point to empty directories. I have the original Documents and Pictures directories saved to my desktop.. And I have copied them as directories under my user name: C:\Users\mmcdp\Documents.I thought I could right click in the File Explorer and change the location of the Documents and Pictures directories but that does not work. I also used regedit to change the location here: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folder

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