In https://scottiestech.info/2014/11/11/repair-missing-user-folders-in-windows-7/ Repair missing User folders in Windows 7 November 11th, 2014 Goto comments Leave a comment At some point, you’ll probably run into a problem that doesn’t seem to have an easy solution: one of your default User folders in Windows 7 (My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, My Videos, Downloads, and Desktop) will suddenly disappear. Try as you might, you won’t be able to restore these user folders, because they are actually “special”. Windows treats them differently than a normal folder you might create yourself, and they even have pretty icons, like so: There is a lot of info out there on how to fix these built-in Windows 7 folders, but it’s all rather complicated. So, here’s the boiled-down, anybody-can-do-it version on how to restore your missing User folders – or so I hope! First, a few bits of info you’ll need to keep in mind. The default locations for the User folders in Windows 7