Help. I deleted the xbox game bar video captures folder and i don't know how to get it back.

I'm talking about my PC, I selected Xbox because the problem has to do with the Xbox Game Bar.

I installed windows on my 240 GB SSD, and have a 1 TB HDD to save stuff like videos, etc.

I accidentally deleted the "Captures" folder, which is in the Videos folder. And I don't know how to get it back, I can't get it back from the reciclying bin because I deleted it permanently.

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good afternoon

What was deleted from the recycle bin cannot be recovered, you will need to create another folder, and set it in the Xbox Game Bar settingshttps://support.xbox.com/en-us/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/adjust-capture-settings-windows-10#:~:text=Configura%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20de%20captura%20no%20Xbox%20Game%20Bar&text=Para%20abrir%20as%20configura%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20do,e%20selecione%20Configura%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20e%20Captura.

https://support.xbox.com/en-us/help/games-apps/....

No, I am not able to access the original 'Captures' folder from the Videos folder in the C Drive as I moved it to a portable hard drive. I created a new 'Captures' folder in the C Drive, but the Game Bar doesn't want to recognize it as a new one, that's
my issue. Is there a way to make the new folder a default location for new captures?

Hey there!

When you started capturing your clips did you start capturing them in the external HD, or did you save them to the default file drive which is C:\users\%username%\Videos\Captures?

I would suggest trying to capture a new game clip without your external HD plugged in to see what it says when it asks you where you want to save the clips.

Also what do you see when you open up your captures folder from the Game Bar?

To see where your captures are saved, open Game bar and select the My captures folder, or press the
Start button, choose Settings > Gaming >
Captures. Press the Open folder button to see your captures in File Explorer.

By default, game clips and screenshots are saved in your Videos folder (named
Captures). The Captures folder can be moved to different places on your PC.

There should also be a help link when you select Captures that says "How to save to a different folder".

Try that out and let us know what happens.