{"id":9939,"date":"2019-06-23T13:24:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=9939"},"modified":"2019-06-23T13:35:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T13:35:24","slug":"show-full-path-explorer-address-bar-special-folders-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/show-full-path-explorer-address-bar-special-folders-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Full Path in the Address Bar for Special Folders in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quick access contains links to Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos folders by default. When you access one of those special folder links via Quick access, the address bar shows the location as This PC<\/code> \u2192 Documents<\/code>, This PC<\/code> \u2192 Desktop<\/code> etc, instead of the absolute path to the Documents or the Desktop folder.<\/p>\n

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And, when you click on the address bar or press Alt<\/kbd> + D<\/kbd>, only the folder name – e.g., Desktop<\/code> appears instead of its absolute path.<\/p>\n

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The same happens to other shell folders such as Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, Downloads, etc.,<\/p>\n

You may be wondering how to make Windows 10’s File Explorer show the full path of the shell folders. And, this article tells you how to accomplish that using the Windows Registry.<\/p>\n

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Show Full Path in the Address Bar for Special Folders<\/h2>\n

To show the full path for user shell folders in the address bar, follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Open Notepad and copy the following contents into it.\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n;Desktop\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{754AC886-DF64-4CBA-86B5-F7FBF4FBCEF5}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n\r\n;Local Documents\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{f42ee2d3-909f-4907-8871-4c22fc0bf756}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n\r\n;Local Downloads\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{7d83ee9b-2244-4e70-b1f5-5393042af1e4}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n\r\n;Local Music\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{a0c69a99-21c8-4671-8703-7934162fcf1d}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n\r\n;Local Pictures\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{0ddd015d-b06c-45d5-8c4c-f59713854639}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n\r\n;Local Videos\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FolderDescriptions\\{35286a68-3c57-41a1-bbb1-0eae73d76c95}]\r\n\"ParsingName\"=-\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  2. Save the file with .reg extension — e.g., shell_folder_full_path.reg<\/code>\n
    For more information on working with .reg files, see the article How to use .REG files (Registration Entries) in Windows?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Double-click the .reg file to apply its settings.<\/li>\n
  4. Logoff and login back for the changes to take effect. Alternately, you can restart the Explorer shell<\/a> process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    After applying the settings, here is how the address bar looks when you access a shell folder via Quick access:<\/p>\n
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    Clicking on the address bar now shows the full (absolute) path to the shell folder.<\/p>\n
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    Important:<\/strong> Note that the above workaround doesn’t help if:<\/p>\n