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If you have been using Microsoft Windows for any amount of time, you are most likely using File Explorer to manage your files and folders. You are also probably using the default Windows folders such as Documents, Pictures, Photos, Desktop and so on that you find on the left side of File Explorer.
The default Windows folders are located on the C drive of your computer under C:\Users\username\Documents and so on and many people like to redirect these folders to a different hard drive that has more storage capacity. But to do that, you need to go to the properties of each folder and change the location to the new drive and then move the files over. But if you do not have the location tab then you will not be able to redirect your Windows user folders. In this article, we will be showing you how to fix the missing Location tab for your folder properties in Windows.
When you right click on one of the default Windows folders such as Documents or Pictures and choose Properties, you should see a location tab like shown in the image below.
But there might be a chance that you are missing the Location tab as seen in the next two images.
If that is the case, you can perform a simple registry edit to fix the missing location tab for your folder properties.
To do so, you will need to open the Windows registry editor by typing regedit in the taskbar search box. Once you have the registry editor open, you can navigate to the following key by copying and pasting the text below into the address bar of the registry editor.
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers
You will then see a registry key named PropertySheetHandlers. Under that key you are supposed to have another key named {4a7ded0a-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}. If you do not have this key, then that is most likely your problem and you will need to add it.
To add the missing key, you can either right click on PropertySheetHandlers or right click in the blank area in the right pane and choose New > Key. Then you can paste in {4a7ded0a-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103} for the name rather than typing it.
After you add the new key, your registry editor window should look similar to the image below.
Now you should be able to go back to the properties of your default Windows folders and see the Location tab.
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