I can't figure out how to reach my files in Windows 11.
There are around 6 Documents folders/libraries/whatever in File Explorer, going to a combination of my work OneDrive, my personal OneDrive and my local user folder. There's one weird Documents that goes to the Documents in both OneDrives. There's a My Documents that give an error. I've a work Sharepoint folder that was also named Documents. I tried renaming them, which didn't work, and has just left me even more confused how to find things. If I go to the command line and do "dir C:\Users\<me>\Documents" which of this do I find? And how do I get to the others? And which ones get backed up where?
It's a complete mess. I sympathise now with the people who keep every file on the desktop.
Every time I go back to Linux, I feel a wave of relief: I see my files in a single dir tree under /home, searching works predictably.
There are around 6 Documents folders/libraries/whatever in File Explorer, going to a combination of my work OneDrive, my personal OneDrive and my local user folder. There's one weird Documents that goes to the Documents in both OneDrives. There's a My Documents that give an error. I've a work Sharepoint folder that was also named Documents. I tried renaming them, which didn't work, and has just left me even more confused how to find things. If I go to the command line and do "dir C:\Users\<me>\Documents" which of this do I find? And how do I get to the others? And which ones get backed up where?
It's a complete mess. I sympathise now with the people who keep every file on the desktop.
Every time I go back to Linux, I feel a wave of relief: I see my files in a single dir tree under /home, searching works predictably.
How did Microsoft get to this?