Windows 10: All the folders on my desktop have disappeared?

Discus and support All the folders on my desktop have disappeared? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; So earlier I was trying to move my desktop folder to my D:/ because it has more space on it than my c:/ but when I did that, all the folders... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by grxnt, Dec 30, 2019.

  1. grxnt Win User

    All the folders on my desktop have disappeared?


    So earlier I was trying to move my desktop folder to my D:/ because it has more space on it than my c:/ but when I did that, all the folders disappeared. I switched it back to C and it's quite obvious that they haven't been deleted because the files in those folders add up to over 100gb of space that is still being shown as being taken up on my C drive. I have backups on OneDrive but to put them back on my computer it will take an immeasurably long amount of time a 4b folder was going to take over 4 hours to put back on my desktop


    Can anyone tell me how I can find my folders???




    Edit: Searching them does nothing. I searched on my start menu and on C drive in file explorer itself and with another program.

    :)
     
    grxnt, Dec 30, 2019
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  2. silkstone Win User

    Disappearing folder

    I've encountered a strange problem in windows 10 where I tried to delete a file in a folder, but ended up deleting the whole directory. It did so without the usual pop-up to confirm delete or say it was too big for the recycle bin. It was my Videos folder, so pretty big, but the disk allocation has also remained the same.

    I've always had a problem with 'double icons' for the different user folders, including videos, and so I'm thinking it could have something to do with the whole thing, especially as now one of the two video folders has disappeared from the users folders.

    The first thing i tried was 'Undo delete', but it just bought the folder back with non of the contents. Then, I went straight to Recuva, but it came up blank (there must have been over 50 videos in the folder)

    I'm at a little bit of a loss as where to start looking for this disappeared folder and was hoping someone might have some suggestions?

    Screenshots below:


    All the folders on my desktop have disappeared? upload_2017-4-1_22-11-14-png.png
     
    silkstone, Dec 30, 2019
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  3. Desktop Disappeared After Windows 10 Update

    After upgrading to windows 10, my desktop completely disappeared, sometimes it will flash for a micro second. The Desktop folder is still in my folder list and I can access it that way but prefer to have access to my desktop. I saw the other thread where
    it suggested a clean boot, but this did not work. Any other suggestions?

    Thanks!
     
    Jessica23Q, Dec 30, 2019
    #3
  4. All the folders on my desktop have disappeared?

    Desktop Files Disappearing on Windows 10

    I am not able to do this because the folder disappeared with the files. The folder was on the desktop and those steps cannot be done on the desktop folder
     
    Jamie Morrow, Dec 30, 2019
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