It turns out that Windows 8.1 added a bunch of folder links to the topmost heirarchy of files which you see in Windows Explorer under “This PC”. It has added links for Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop which are all links to the actual directories in the user’s home folder.
This is highly annoying. When I’m viewing the level of “This PC” – which, by the way, I always rename to the name of my actual computer because “This PC” just sounds so silly to me – I don’t want it to be cluttered with links to folders in a completely different location.
It turns out that there is a solution posted at Eightforums.com which is as easy as downloading a .reg registry tweak and running it. There is also available there another .reg tweak which restores the links.
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