captures folder is deleted

Aditya Panchal3 · Oct 21, 2023

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek your assistance with a pressing issue I am currently facing on my Windows 11 Home system.

Recently, I encountered an unfortunate mishap where I accidentally deleted my Xbox Capture folder, which was previously located at the following path: C:\Users\adity\Captures. Although the path is still visible in the search bar, I have been unable to locate or access the folder. All of my game captures were traditionally saved in this directory, and now I cannot find them.

It appears that all game captures are currently being saved in the %temp% folder, which is not an ideal solution for me. I am eager to restore the Xbox Capture folder to its original location in my Videos section for more convenient access.

I kindly request your guidance on how I can proceed to recover the deleted captures folder and have it reinstated in my Videos section. Any assistance or step-by-step instructions you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

If there are any necessary tools, settings, or potential solutions that could help resolve this issue, I would be grateful for your expertise. Restoring this folder is essential to my gaming experience, and I am looking forward to your prompt response.

Thank you for your time and assistance in advance. I eagerly await your guidance and appreciate your dedication to the Xbox community.

:)

Nkosana23

Hi. My name is Brilliant, an independent advisor, happy to assist.

To try change the screen capture save folder, try these two solutions:
Reset Xbox app to default settings.
1. Click Start and click Settings.
2. Select System.
3. Select Apps & features.
4. Find the Xbox app and click Advanced options.
5. Click Reset. Restart your device so that the changes can take effect.

Change installation folder.
You can follow the instructions given on the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PND9wzFzWE&t=56s

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it

To recover lost saves, kindly try the following options.
1. Restore files from the recycle bin, if they're available.

2. Try recover lost files on Windows using tips on the following link: https://support.microsoft.com/windo...c modes,recover files: Regular and Extensive.

3. Use special recovery tools. You can try Ease US. For more details, kindly visit: https://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/recover-deleted-files.html
Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it

I hope this helps resolve your query.

Dimitri De Zordi

I feel so sorry to have bothered you for so few :{

Solution: simply delete the Captures folder itself once the GameBar is launched it recreates the folder and the "old captures" are replaced by the "real content" of the folder...

AIex WiIheIm

At this point, I am sorry to say but nothing can really be done unless you take it to a computer store and attempt to do it that way. You may also consider an application that allows you to recover deleted items, or simply back them up onto a USB or disc.

As this is more of a Windows related issue, please in future post at
http://answers.microsoft.com

-SwiftPage

TaoDavis

I have a simular issue. I accidentally deleted my "Captures" folder. And now all my captures are being saved to '\AppData\Local\Temp'

I want I created a new Captures folder in my videos, however all my screenshots and video captures are still being saved in 'Temp'

JosefLBohorquez

Hi, in the temp folder, the recordings are saved inside other folder?

If yes do this instead.

Go to Windows settings > gaming > captures > open folder > drag that folder to the Videos folder in your PC.

After that try doing a new recording and you should be able to see the new recording saved there.

If that doesn't work create the Captures folder inside Videos.

Then delete the registry keys associated with the game bar :

Press Windows key+R then type regedit and press Enter.

Go to this path (expand the folders using the little ">")

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR

Once there delete all the keys except (Default), restart your PC and check if you can save the clips inside Captures

captures folder is deleted