Windows 10: Xbox Game Bar capture folder as temp folder

Hi. I recently lost a USB drive that my Captures folder was residing. This has prompted Windows to change my Capture folder to AppData\Local\Temp. I've attempted to create a new Captures folder in my Videos folder, but it has not changed. Is there a way to forcefully change the Captures folder, since the Captures folder is inaccessible?

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Unable to "move" Captures folder for Xbox Bar Captures

Thanks for the reply!

I am unable to follow those steps. As I mentioned, there is no "Captures" folder. It points directly to the temp folder, and there is no Captures folder for me to edit. When I go into the properties on the temp folder, I have no "location" tab, so nothing can be changed.

 

Xbox Game Bar Captures folder missing

Xbox Game Bar is supposed to save recordings and screenshots to the Captures folder in Videos. There is no such folder present in Videos. When I check through Settings, the folder it is saving recordings to is C:\Users\pc\AppData\Local\Temp.

How do I change the location to which they are saved? There is no Captures folder that I can change the location of, so please advise.

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Xbox Game Bar saving to AppData/Local/Temp

My Xbox Game Bar has changed its Captures folder to C:\Users\*user*\AppData\Local\Temp. I believe it did this because I had the original Captures folder on an external drive which was removed. This is bothersome as all kinds of other files constantly get dumped into the temp folder, so I am looking for a way to undo this.

I have tried the following and made these observations:

- In Settings>Gaming>Captures the 'Save screenshots and game clips'-path is set to C:\Users\*user*\AppData\Local\Temp.

- The Temp folder does not act as a Captures folder; if I move the Temp folder Xbox Game Bar stops saving in it and the game bar seems to stop working.

- Videos are still saved in the Temp folder even if I plug in the old drive recreating the path of the original Captures.

- I have tried the regedit solution. The key value is set to I:\My Drive\Captures (original Captures location on old drive), but changing this location does nothing as Xbox Game Bar just keeps saving in the Temp folder. This location also seems to be entirely independent of what is specified in Settings>Gaming>Captures.

I am wondering if I can do a clean reinstall of Xbox Game Bar to restore the original Captures folder, but Windows' own uninstall is grayed out, and repair and reset seems to do nothing. I tried doing a powershell uninstall, but it didn't seem to work as the Xbox Game Bar-interface could still be launched after doing this, though it was definitely not working right, yet the Microsoft Store still only lets me open Xbox Game Bar and not install it in any case.

I've run out of ideas, so I'm looking for any solutions on how to properly uninstall/reinstall the game bar or recreate the Captures folder. I would definitely like to avoid reinstalling Windows just for this.