Oh, help.
I am running Win 11 22H2 on both a desktop and laptop. The File Explorer is expanding constantly--so many duplicates have been generated that I cannot find anything anymore and the directory structure is a shambles. The same folders are being duplicated all over under almost every heading. I have no idea how/why this is happening and I certainly don't know how to fix it. I have now acquired 3 "desktop" folders, 5 "documents" folders, some of which are subfolders as in "Documents>documents>documents", some have popped up elsewhere as in "Pictures (which I don't ever use) > documents". 3 Pictures folders, 2 each of "music" and "videos". The files are duplicating too, but not consistently in every folder.
If I do a single file search with just name.ext from the highest level I will get anywhere from 2-6 files returned, each in a different folder. I have used Windows in at least 5 different versions over the years and I have never struggled like this.
I am running Win 11 22H2 on both a desktop and laptop. The File Explorer is expanding constantly--so many duplicates have been generated that I cannot find anything anymore and the directory structure is a shambles. The same folders are being duplicated all over under almost every heading. I have no idea how/why this is happening and I certainly don't know how to fix it. I have now acquired 3 "desktop" folders, 5 "documents" folders, some of which are subfolders as in "Documents>documents>documents", some have popped up elsewhere as in "Pictures (which I don't ever use) > documents". 3 Pictures folders, 2 each of "music" and "videos". The files are duplicating too, but not consistently in every folder.
If I do a single file search with just name.ext from the highest level I will get anywhere from 2-6 files returned, each in a different folder. I have used Windows in at least 5 different versions over the years and I have never struggled like this.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Elite Desk
- Browser
- Firefox