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Discus and support Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11 in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; [IMG]In this guide, we show you what you can do if you have accidentally deleted the Desktop folder on your Windows 11/10 PC. The Desktop folder is a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by WinClub, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM.

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    Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11


    Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11 [​IMG]​
    In this guide, we show you what you can do if you have accidentally deleted the Desktop folder on your Windows 11/10 PC. The Desktop folder is a special user folder that stores the files, folders, and shortcuts that appear on your desktop screen. Several users have reported that they have deleted this folder by […]

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    WinClub, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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  2. DAMOCLES
    Damocles Win User

    Accidentally Deleted Some Folders

    Yesterday I was cleaning my PC and I accidentally deleted two folders (named "NVIDIA" and "NVIDIA Corporation") in C:\ProgramData. To my knowledge this two folders only contain non important stuff like logs, etc. Later on I have found out my Program Settings in NV Control panel were set to default. This is no big deal, but now I'm worrying I fu***d something up. Otherwise, everything works as it should --> no overheating, BSODs, games are working normally...

    I just want to know what I deleted. Were those two folders important???
     
    Damocles, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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  3. OLI_RAMSAY
    oli_ramsay Win User
    Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11 :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11 :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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  4. DRDNA
    DRDNA Win User

    Accidentally deleted Desktop folder in Windows 11

    Accidentally Deleted Some Folders

    While Im not sure of how important they are, I think System restore would put them back and I see they are pretty darn big too 6.5mb and 2.5 GB on my just freshly imaged laptop .
     
    DRDNA, Jun 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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