A pair of PowerShell functions (Get-KnownFolderPath and Set-KnownFolderPath) that simplify reading and writing Special Known Folder locations for the current user, Desktop, Documents, Pictures Videos etc. By default these are under the %USERPROFILE%.
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Provides Get and Set functions for KnownFolders: Get-KnownFolderPath, Set-KnownFolderPath
Any changes made will only affect the current user (HKCU).
.PARAMETER Folder
The known folder to be read.
.PARAMETER KnownFolder
The known folder whose path is to be set.
.PARAMETER Path
The path to be set as the destination of KnownFolder.
.EXAMPLE
PS> # dot source this script to make the functions available
PS> . ./knownfolder.ps1
PS> # Get the desktop path
PS> Get-KnownFolderPath 'Desktop'
.EXAMPLE
PS> # Set the desktop path
PS> Set-KnownFolderPath 'Desktop' -path $ENV:USERPROFILE/Desktop
.LINK
https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/win32/shell/known-folders
.LINK
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25709398/set-location-of-special-folders-with-powershell
.LINK
https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/Windows/dirs/_known-folders
#>
function Get-KnownFolderPath {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateSet('3DObjects', 'AddNewPrograms', 'AdminTools', 'AppUpdates', 'CDBurning',
'ChangeRemovePrograms', 'CommonAdminTools', 'CommonOEMLinks', 'CommonPrograms',
'CommonStartMenu', 'CommonStartup', 'CommonTemplates', 'ComputerFolder',
'ConflictFolder', 'ConnectionsFolder', 'Contacts', 'ControlPanelFolder',
'Cookies', 'Desktop', 'Documents', 'Downloads', 'Favorites', 'Fonts', 'Games',
'GameTasks', 'History', 'InternetCache', 'InternetFolder', 'Links',
'LocalAppData', 'LocalAppDataLow', 'LocalizedResourcesDir', 'Music', 'NetHood',
'NetworkFolder', 'OriginalImages', 'PhotoAlbums', 'Pictures', 'Playlists',
'PrintersFolder', 'PrintHood', 'Profile', 'ProgramData', 'ProgramFiles',
'ProgramFilesX64', 'ProgramFilesX86', 'ProgramFilesCommon', 'ProgramFilesCommonX64',
'ProgramFilesCommonX86', 'Programs', 'Public', 'PublicDesktop', 'PublicDocuments',
'PublicDownloads', 'PublicGameTasks', 'PublicMusic', 'PublicPictures',
'PublicVideos', 'QuickLaunch', 'Recent', 'RecycleBinFolder', 'ResourceDir',
'RoamingAppData', 'SampleMusic', 'SamplePictures', 'SamplePlaylists', 'SampleVideos',
'SavedGames', 'SavedSearches', 'SEARCH_CSC', 'SEARCH_MAPI', 'SearchHome', 'SendTo',
'SidebarDefaultParts', 'SidebarParts', 'StartMenu', 'Startup', 'SyncManagerFolder',
'SyncResultsFolder', 'SyncSetupFolder', 'System', 'SystemX86', 'Templates',
'TreeProperties', 'UserProfiles', 'UsersFiles', 'Videos',
'Windows')] [string]$Folder
)
# Define known folder GUIDs
$KnownFolders = @{
'3DObjects' = '31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722';
'AddNewPrograms' = 'de61d971-5ebc-4f02-a3a9-6c82895e5c04';
'AdminTools' = '724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F';
'AppUpdates' = 'a305ce99-f527-492b-8b1a-7e76fa98d6e4';
'CDBurning' = '9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855';
'ChangeRemovePrograms' = 'df7266ac-9274-4867-8d55-3bd661de872d';
'CommonAdminTools' = 'D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5';
'CommonOEMLinks' = 'C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D';
'CommonPrograms' = '0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8';
'CommonStartMenu' = 'A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067';
'CommonStartup' = '82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E';
'CommonTemplates' = 'B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7';
'ComputerFolder' = '0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7';
'ConflictFolder' = '4bfefb45-347d-4006-a5be-ac0cb0567192';
'ConnectionsFolder' = '6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD';
'Contacts' = '56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882';
'ControlPanelFolder' = '82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63';
'Cookies' = '2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6';
'Desktop' = 'B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641';
'Documents' = 'FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7';
'Downloads' = '374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B';
'Favorites' = '1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD';
'Fonts' = 'FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE';
'Games' = 'CAC52C1A-B53D-4edc-92D7-6B2E8AC19434';
'GameTasks' = '054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700';
'History' = 'D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963';
'InternetCache' = '352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D';
'InternetFolder' = '4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B';
'Links' = 'bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968';
'LocalAppData' = 'F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091';
'LocalAppDataLow' = 'A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16';
'LocalizedResourcesDir' = '2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC';
'Music' = '4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43';
'NetHood' = 'C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973';
'NetworkFolder' = 'D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53';
'OriginalImages' = '2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39';
'PhotoAlbums' = '69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C';
'Pictures' = '33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB';
'Playlists' = 'DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23';
'PrintersFolder' = '76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185';
'PrintHood' = '9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4';
'Profile' = '5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173';
'ProgramData' = '62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97';
'ProgramFiles' = '905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a';
'ProgramFilesX64' = '6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E';
'ProgramFilesX86' = '7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E';
'ProgramFilesCommon' = 'F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066';
'ProgramFilesCommonX64' = '6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D';
'ProgramFilesCommonX86' = 'DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917';
'Programs' = 'A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51';
'Public' = 'DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385';
'PublicDesktop' = 'C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25';
'PublicDocuments' = 'ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634';
'PublicDownloads' = '3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0';
'PublicGameTasks' = 'DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA';
'PublicMusic' = '3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF';
'PublicPictures' = 'B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5';
'PublicVideos' = '2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3';
'QuickLaunch' = '52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f';
'Recent' = 'AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A';
'RecycleBinFolder' = 'B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC';
'ResourceDir' = '8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972';
'RoamingAppData' = '3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D';
'SampleMusic' = 'B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F';
'SamplePictures' = 'C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B';
'SamplePlaylists' = '15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5';
'SampleVideos' = '859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD';
'SavedGames' = '4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4';
'SavedSearches' = '7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da';
'SEARCH_CSC' = 'ee32e446-31ca-4aba-814f-a5ebd2fd6d5e';
'SEARCH_MAPI' = '98ec0e18-2098-4d44-8644-66979315a281';
'SearchHome' = '190337d1-b8ca-4121-a639-6d472d16972a';
'SendTo' = '8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74';
'SidebarDefaultParts' = '7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26';
'SidebarParts' = 'A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493';
'StartMenu' = '625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19';
'Startup' = 'B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854';
'SyncManagerFolder' = '43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7';
'SyncResultsFolder' = '289a9a43-be44-4057-a41b-587a76d7e7f9';
'SyncSetupFolder' = '0F214138-B1D3-4a90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A';
'System' = '1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7';
'SystemX86' = 'D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27';
'Templates' = 'A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7';
'TreeProperties' = '5b3749ad-b49f-49c1-83eb-15370fbd4882';
'UserProfiles' = '0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80';
'UsersFiles' = 'f3ce0f7c-4901-4acc-8648-d5d44b04ef8f';
'Videos' = '18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC';
'Windows' = 'F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23';
}
$guid = $KnownFolders.$("$folder")
#https://renenyffenegger.ch/notes/Windows/dirs/_known-folders
if ("shell32" -as [type]) {} else {
add-type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class shell32 {
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
private static extern int SHGetKnownFolderPath(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)]
Guid rfid,
uint dwFlags,
IntPtr hToken,
out IntPtr pszPath
);
public static string GetKnownFolderPath(Guid rfid) {
IntPtr pszPath;
if (SHGetKnownFolderPath(rfid, 0, IntPtr.Zero, out pszPath) != 0) {
return "Could not get folder";
}
string path = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(pszPath);
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pszPath);
return path;
}
}
"@
}
# now get the folder from the GUID
$result = $([shell32]::GetKnownFolderPath("{$($guid)}"))
"$result"
}
function Set-KnownFolderPath {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateSet('3DObjects', 'AddNewPrograms', 'AdminTools', 'AppUpdates', 'CDBurning',
'ChangeRemovePrograms', 'CommonAdminTools', 'CommonOEMLinks', 'CommonPrograms',
'CommonStartMenu', 'CommonStartup', 'CommonTemplates', 'ComputerFolder',
'ConflictFolder', 'ConnectionsFolder', 'Contacts', 'ControlPanelFolder',
'Cookies', 'Desktop', 'Documents', 'Downloads', 'Favorites', 'Fonts', 'Games',
'GameTasks', 'History', 'InternetCache', 'InternetFolder', 'Links',
'LocalAppData', 'LocalAppDataLow', 'LocalizedResourcesDir', 'Music',
'NetHood', 'NetworkFolder', 'OriginalImages', 'PhotoAlbums', 'Pictures',
'Playlists', 'PrintersFolder', 'PrintHood', 'Profile', 'ProgramData',
'ProgramFiles', 'ProgramFilesX64', 'ProgramFilesX86', 'ProgramFilesCommon',
'ProgramFilesCommonX64', 'ProgramFilesCommonX86', 'Programs', 'Public',
'PublicDesktop', 'PublicDocuments', 'PublicDownloads', 'PublicGameTasks',
'PublicMusic', 'PublicPictures', 'PublicVideos', 'QuickLaunch', 'Recent',
'RecycleBinFolder', 'ResourceDir', 'RoamingAppData', 'SampleMusic',
'SamplePictures', 'SamplePlaylists', 'SampleVideos', 'SavedGames',
'SavedSearches', 'SEARCH_CSC', 'SEARCH_MAPI', 'SearchHome', 'SendTo',
'SidebarDefaultParts', 'SidebarParts', 'StartMenu', 'Startup',
'SyncManagerFolder', 'SyncResultsFolder', 'SyncSetupFolder', 'System',
'SystemX86', 'Templates', 'TreeProperties', 'UserProfiles', 'UsersFiles',
'Videos', 'Windows')] [string]$KnownFolder,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$Path
)
# Define known folder GUIDs
$KnownFolders = @{
'3DObjects' = '31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722';
'AddNewPrograms' = 'de61d971-5ebc-4f02-a3a9-6c82895e5c04';
'AdminTools' = '724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F';
'AppUpdates' = 'a305ce99-f527-492b-8b1a-7e76fa98d6e4';
'CDBurning' = '9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855';
'ChangeRemovePrograms' = 'df7266ac-9274-4867-8d55-3bd661de872d';
'CommonAdminTools' = 'D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5';
'CommonOEMLinks' = 'C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D';
'CommonPrograms' = '0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8';
'CommonStartMenu' = 'A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067';
'CommonStartup' = '82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E';
'CommonTemplates' = 'B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7';
'ComputerFolder' = '0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7';
'ConflictFolder' = '4bfefb45-347d-4006-a5be-ac0cb0567192';
'ConnectionsFolder' = '6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD';
'Contacts' = '56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882';
'ControlPanelFolder' = '82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63';
'Cookies' = '2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6';
'Desktop' = 'B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641';
'Documents' = 'FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7';
'Downloads' = '374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B';
'Favorites' = '1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD';
'Fonts' = 'FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE';
'Games' = 'CAC52C1A-B53D-4edc-92D7-6B2E8AC19434';
'GameTasks' = '054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700';
'History' = 'D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963';
'InternetCache' = '352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D';
'InternetFolder' = '4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B';
'Links' = 'bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968';
'LocalAppData' = 'F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091';
'LocalAppDataLow' = 'A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16';
'LocalizedResourcesDir' = '2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC';
'Music' = '4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43';
'NetHood' = 'C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973';
'NetworkFolder' = 'D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53';
'OriginalImages' = '2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39';
'PhotoAlbums' = '69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C';
'Pictures' = '33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB';
'Playlists' = 'DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23';
'PrintersFolder' = '76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185';
'PrintHood' = '9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4';
'Profile' = '5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173';
'ProgramData' = '62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97';
'ProgramFiles' = '905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a';
'ProgramFilesX64' = '6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E';
'ProgramFilesX86' = '7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E';
'ProgramFilesCommon' = 'F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066';
'ProgramFilesCommonX64' = '6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D';
'ProgramFilesCommonX86' = 'DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917';
'Programs' = 'A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51';
'Public' = 'DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385';
'PublicDesktop' = 'C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25';
'PublicDocuments' = 'ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634';
'PublicDownloads' = '3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0';
'PublicGameTasks' = 'DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA';
'PublicMusic' = '3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF';
'PublicPictures' = 'B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5';
'PublicVideos' = '2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3';
'QuickLaunch' = '52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f';
'Recent' = 'AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A';
'RecycleBinFolder' = 'B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC';
'ResourceDir' = '8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972';
'RoamingAppData' = '3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D';
'SampleMusic' = 'B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F';
'SamplePictures' = 'C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B';
'SamplePlaylists' = '15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5';
'SampleVideos' = '859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD';
'SavedGames' = '4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4';
'SavedSearches' = '7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da';
'SEARCH_CSC' = 'ee32e446-31ca-4aba-814f-a5ebd2fd6d5e';
'SEARCH_MAPI' = '98ec0e18-2098-4d44-8644-66979315a281';
'SearchHome' = '190337d1-b8ca-4121-a639-6d472d16972a';
'SendTo' = '8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74';
'SidebarDefaultParts' = '7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26';
'SidebarParts' = 'A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493';
'StartMenu' = '625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19';
'Startup' = 'B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854';
'SyncManagerFolder' = '43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7';
'SyncResultsFolder' = '289a9a43-be44-4057-a41b-587a76d7e7f9';
'SyncSetupFolder' = '0F214138-B1D3-4a90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A';
'System' = '1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7';
'SystemX86' = 'D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27';
'Templates' = 'A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7';
'TreeProperties' = '5b3749ad-b49f-49c1-83eb-15370fbd4882';
'UserProfiles' = '0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80';
'UsersFiles' = 'f3ce0f7c-4901-4acc-8648-d5d44b04ef8f';
'Videos' = '18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC';
'Windows' = 'F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23';
}
# Define SHSetKnownFolderPath if it hasn’t been defined already
$Type1 = ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'KnownFolders').Type
if (-not $Type1) {
$Signature = @'
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
public extern static int SHSetKnownFolderPath(ref Guid folderId, uint flags, IntPtr token, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path);
'@
$Type1 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $Signature -Name 'KnownFolders' -Namespace 'SHSetKnownFolderPath' -PassThru
}
$Type2 = ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'ChangeNotify').Type
if (-not $Type2) {
$Signature = @'
[DllImport("Shell32.dll")]
public static extern int SHChangeNotify(int eventId, int flags, IntPtr item1, IntPtr item2);
'@
$Type2 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $Signature -Name 'ChangeNotify' -Namespace 'SHChangeNotify' -PassThru
}
# Validate the path
if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
# Call SHSetKnownFolderPath
$r = $Type1::SHSetKnownFolderPath([ref]$KnownFolders[$KnownFolder], 0, 0, $Path)
$Type2::SHChangeNotify(0x8000000, 0x1000, 0, 0)
Echo "Set [$KnownFolder] to [$Path]"
return $r
} else {
throw New-Object System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException "Could not find part of the path $Path."
}
}
# The old Special Folder constant 'Personal' aka 'My Documents' is now known as 'Documents'.
“Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a closet or drawer that you have forgotten its existence? If things had feelings, they would certainly not be happy. Free them from the prison to which you have relegated them. Help them leave that deserted isle to which you have exiled them” ~ Marie Kondo
How-to: Enumerate User Shell Folders to determine the Profile/Start Menu folder locations.