Windows 10 Moving Locations of User Pictures and Desktop folders caused contents of Pictures folder to disappear, and contents of Desktop to appear in Pictures

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I've lost the contents of the "Pictures" folder, and a folder named "Desktop" (but the contents are in the folder named "Pictures") in my wife's account trying to move them from the C to D drive.To free up space on the C drive, I began moving my wife's default folders to the D drive. I started with Pictures, by going to the Properties menu, selecting location, and clicking Move, then selecting the folder D:\Users\wife (not actually "wife," but her name).I then started on the Desktop folder before it was completed, moving it in the same manner.When it was done, the folder D:\Users\wife had disa

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