Music Folder in Navigation Pane Shows No Content

antspants · Tuesday at 10:15 PM

If you don’t believe you moved the Music folder correctly, take note of this tutorial:

Move or Restore Default Location of Music Folder in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to move or restore the default location of the Music folder for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Music folder (shell:My Music) is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. By default, the Music...

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JGonzalez0857 · Tuesday at 10:32 PM

I have tried both of these reg files to remove and add the Music folder. After running the Remove Music reg file, I launch File Explorer and all instances of the Music folder in the navigation pane are still there. Running the Add Music reg file doesn't repair the issue.

antspants · Tuesday at 10:40 PM

I can’t see in the thread where you checked the properties of the Music folder on the left of File Explorer, did you do so? Sorry if I missed it. Where does it say that the Music folder exists? What is the path?

Does it say F: Music or C: Users/Username/Music??

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-02T12:11:41-0400

When I moved the location of the Music folder, I took the properties of the %USERPROFILE%\Music folder to change the location. And I have already run the Remove_Music_folder and the Add_Music_folder reg files.

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-02T15:15:06-0400

My Mar 13th post has a screenshot of the Music folder property sheet. All the fields are blank.

dacrone · 2025-04-02T16:53:07-0400

JGonzalez0857 said:
My Mar 13th post has a screenshot of the Music folder property sheet. All the fields are blank.

open ISE, paste the following code, save as .ps1 and run with admin powershell. should restore original music folder location:

Code:

$defaultMusicPath = "$env:USERPROFILE\Music"
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" -Name "My Music" -Value $defaultMusicPath
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" -Name "{4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}" -Value $defaultMusicPath
Write-Host "Music folder path has been restored to default: $defaultMusicPath"

antspants · 2025-04-02T16:53:38-0400

OK, sorry then. Moving a folder loacation is quite simple, via properties. The need to edit registry keys for this is not something I have had to do or ever help someone with and I believe that it’s unnecessary. That is of course if you followed the tutorial on moving the music folder properly. If not, I can’t imagine what you did.

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T13:19:58-0400

Thx for the Powershell code. It worked. Now when I select the Music folder, it shows no files (since they were moved to F:\Music) with the proper Details columns. And the properties of the Music folder do show that it points to the original location.
But now another related issue has arisen. When viewing the properties of the Music folder, there is no Location tab to change it's reference to F:\Music. The same holds true with the properties of the %USERPROFILE%\Music folder.

dacrone · 2025-04-03T13:30:22-0400

try this .ps1 - change the C:\NewMusicFolder path to desired new location

Code:

function Set-KnownFolderPath {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$KnownFolder,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$Path
    )

    $KnownFolders = @{
        'Music' = '3dfdf296-dbec-4fb4-81d1-6a3438bcf4de'
    }

    if ($KnownFolders.ContainsKey($KnownFolder)) {
        $FolderGUID = $KnownFolders[$KnownFolder]
        $Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
        $Folder = $Shell.Namespace(0x5)
        $FolderItem = $Folder.ParseName($FolderGUID)
        $FolderItem.InvokeVerb("Properties")
        # Update the path here
    } else {
        Write-Host "Unknown folder: $KnownFolder"
    }
}

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder "Music" -Path "C:\NewMusicFolder"

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T13:52:08-0400

The following error on running the code:
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At line:18 char:9
+ $FolderItem.InvokeVerb("Properties")
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

dacrone · 2025-04-03T13:57:29-0400

run this one. used wrong clsid (there are 2 options for music folder natively

Code:

function Set-KnownFolderPath {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$KnownFolder,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$Path
    )

    $KnownFolders = @{
        'Music' = '4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43'
    }

    if ($KnownFolders.ContainsKey($KnownFolder)) {
        $FolderGUID = $KnownFolders[$KnownFolder]
        $Shell = New-Object -ComObject Shell.Application
        $Folder = $Shell.Namespace(0x5)
        $FolderItem = $Folder.ParseName($FolderGUID)
        $FolderItem.InvokeVerb("Properties")
        # Update the path here
    } else {
        Write-Host "Unknown folder: $KnownFolder"
    }
}

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder "Music" -Path "C:\NewMusicFolder"

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T14:24:41-0400

The code still returns the same error At line:18 char:9

dacrone · 2025-04-03T14:35:06-0400

what is your music folder's clsid?

look in registry at

Code:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T15:32:51-0400

For %USERPROFILE%\Music it is {4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}
For F:\Music it is {A0C69A99-21C8-4671-8703-7934162FCF1D}

dacrone · 2025-04-03T15:44:52-0400

JGonzalez0857 said:
For %USERPROFILE%\Music it is {4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}
For F:\Music it is {A0C69A99-21C8-4671-8703-7934162FCF1D}

prob shell.application having issues. try this one. replace the path in the last line

Code:

function Set-KnownFolderPath {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$KnownFolder,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$Path
    )

    # Map Known CLSID
    $KnownFolders = @{
        'Music' = '{4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43}'
    }

    if ($KnownFolders.ContainsKey($KnownFolder)) {
        $FolderGUID = $KnownFolders[$KnownFolder]
        
        $RegistryPath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"

        Set-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryPath -Name $FolderGUID -Value $Path
        Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force
        Start-Process explorer.exe

        Write-Host "The $KnownFolder folder has been successfully updated to: $Path"
    } else {
        Write-Host "Unknown folder: $KnownFolder"
    }
}

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder "Music" -Path "C:\NewMusicFolder"

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T16:02:45-0400

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder "Music" -Path "F:\Music"
The Music folder has been successfully updated to: F:\Music.
I restarted Explorer after executing the code. Yet the Music folder still points to %USERPROFILE%\Music.

JGonzalez0857 · 2025-04-03T16:06:03-0400

Also, the {4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43} key doesn't exist in my Registry.

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