Do you like how Windows 8.1 is with each of its functions? If at a certain time you managed to make a few modifications to the place where the "Library" is located, with this task you may have managed to eliminate some of its complements.
This is one of the common problems that many people tend to have in this operating system, since the loss of one of the Library modules could have been due to an initial attempt, change the location of where OneDrive is located; For this reason and in this article we will suggest a few tricks for Windows 8.1, where in addition to teaching you the correct way to customize the place where OneDrive is located, we will also tell you the procedure you must do to recover any of the Library modules that you may have accidentally deleted.
Recover to Library in Windows 8.1
It has happened to all of us at least once in our lives that when we want modify the location of library modules, we made a slight mistake and eliminated it completely. This is because many users consider that the place where the "videos" are located within the system's hard drive has a considerably small space for it. For this reason, there are those who try to change this location, pointing to a different drive within the same computer. If this happened to you, then we suggest that you follow the following process so that you can recover each of the modules that make up the Library:
- We must log in to Windows 8.1
- We head towards him Desktop.
- We open to our File Browser.
- We look for the Libraries at the left-side.
- Once we find it, we select it with the right mouse button.
- From the displayed context menu we choose the option «Restore the default library«.
Theoretically, this procedure should make each of the modules that are part of the Library (Libraries in English) are restored automatically. If this does not happen, then this problem would mean that we will have to reinstall the operating system, in the event that we need to use the directories of:
- Documents.
- Music.
- Images.
- Video.
All these folders or directories are the ones They make up the Library in Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. A small detail is worth mentioning, since these Libraries do not appear visibly in the most recent version of Windows 10 that was recently delivered by Microsoft with its serial number.
How to change the default OneDrive location
We wanted to leave this issue last, which could have been the one that caused the problem initially raised; As we suggested above, many people are dedicated to trying to customize the location where certain folders are located failing in the attempt, which is the reason why one or more modules that are part of the Library could have been accidentally eliminated. For the moment we will mention, what must be done to change the location of the place where it is located by default, the OneDrive space, which despite occupying a specific address on our hard drive, is the one that syncs with Microsoft's cloud service.
We suggest you follow the following steps so you can change the default OneDrive location:
- As before, sign in to Windows 8.1.
- Go to the operating system desktop.
- Now open to File Browser.
- On the left side, locate the place where it is located OneDrive.
- From the context menu choose the option «We take care of your rental property in Valencia. «.
- A popup window will appear.
- Choose the tab that says «location«.
- From this area, you must now select the button that says «move«.
- A new file explorer window will open.
- Now you just have to choose the new location for OneDrive.
After you have finished with the steps suggested above, you will have to accept the changes by closing this window. Immediately, the new location for OneDrive will be registered; If you are going to use all the 30 GB that Microsoft offers you for OneDrive, then it may be advisable to use some space on another hard drive within the same personal computer.