Copy To Choose Folder... stuck in user directories

I feel like this is kind of a silly question, but I've been using PC's for a long time and I really cant figure out why i'm stuck here. But when I right click and select Copy to, the default folder location is Desktop/username. There is no way to browse to anywhere else on my computer. I cannot go up a directory to My Computer and there is no explorer style side navigation bar. It used to work and my workflow is suffering. How can I reset the default location? Thanks.

The list for Bridge Copy To and Move To includes folders recently accessed by Bridge. While not answering how to change default, one way to make your copy work would be to get your destination folder in the Bridge recent folder list: Navigate Bridge to the folder you wish to copy files into, then return to your copy from folder. Destination folder should now appear in Copy To list.

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