Windows 10: It keeps saying "can't redirect a child into a parent.the specified path is invalid." How...

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Can't direct a parent to child The Specified path is invalid

I got an external hard drive (D bc my storage was very low so I tried to make it my main drive. So I copied all my things to it. Including the Desktop but accidentally I moved it back to the wrong thing or the C: drive. So I tried to redirect it to original
source but then it says can't redirect a parent into a child the specified path is invalid. And idk what to do

 

Childs PC and Parental PIN

Hi Darren Harrison，

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

To make sure, I suggest you refer to the steps below to check if a PIN has been added to the parental control settings：

1. Open "Control Panel": You can type "Control Panel" in the Windows search bar and select the corresponding result to open the Control Panel.
   
2. Access the Parental Controls settings: In the Control Panel, locate and click on "User Accounts and Family Safety."
   
3. Choose the Parental Controls settings: On the Parental Controls page, find the account of the child you want to make changes to and click on it.
   
4. Modify the Parental Controls settings: In the Parental Controls settings page, you should be able to find the option to "Change Parental Control Settings" or a similar option. Click on it, and you may need to enter the administrator password for verification.
   

You are right about one thing. If your child's PC has not been logged into your account, there is indeed no option to change the PIN in the system's account settings.

I want to check with you if you have used the Microsoft Family app on your phone?

There are also settings for child accounts on the app, maybe you can find the settings on the app.

Finally, there is another possibility, please check whether your Microsoft account (parent account) has set a PIN or turned on two-factor authentication, and if so, please temporarily close them.

Turning two-step verification on or off for your Microsoft account

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further updates, thank you.

Best regards

Manson | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

add parent to exisitng child account

If you are talking about my family then you don't add the parent to the child account you add the child to the parent account. First go to windowsphone.com and sign in using the parent account, then in the top right corner click my family, there should
then be steps on how to activate my family and how to add the children.