Two Ways to Move Your Desktop Folder Location in Windows 10 & 11

Desktop is your PC's home interface to keep some items you need to quickly access, like files, folders, and shortcut, etc. By default, desktop is created in OS drive(C:\) and is unique for every user account in the computer. All the user files and folders are stored in the C:Users. In some case you would want to move the desktop out of your user account or change its default location to another non-system drive.

It is easy to do, in this article, you will know how to change the default location of your desktop folder.

Using desktop properties

Step 1: Press Windows + E to open File Explorer.

Step 2: Right-click Desktop and choose Properties.

Step 3: In the Location tab, click Move.

Step 4: Now a new windows will pop up, select your desired location here to move your desktop folder to(e.g. : D:\desktop). Then click Select folder.

Step 5: Click OK to save the change.

Using registry

Step 1: Press Windows + R to launch Run dialog, type regedit then click OK.

Step 2: Navigate to the following path:

     HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > User Shell Folders

Step 3: On the right side, find and double-click Desktop.

Step 4: Change the Value data to a new folder location you want. (eg: D:\desktop)

Step 5: Click OK.

Step 6: Restart explorer.exe for the change to take effect.