Windows 10: Computer desktop and taskbar randomly lost substantial amounts of apps upon boot up

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  1. Computer desktop and taskbar randomly lost substantial amounts of apps upon boot up


    Howdy, I have an 11 year old computer currently running on Windows 10. For the past 11 years it's been fine albeit a little slow, a couple weeks ago upon booting it up the desktop appeared to have lost most of it's shortcuts and folders though some remained, the Taskbar had lost all of its pinned items. Upon closer inspection the files on my laptop were not deleted and are still accessible through the Users folder. I have not touched the computer since out of fear of potentially corrupting or overwriting any lost files. Some insight on what may have happened and how I would fix it would be gre

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    [TheNugglet], Dec 25, 2022
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  2. Is it possible to pin different apps on a taskbar on different virtual desktops in Windows 10?

    Hi,



    You can personalize the desktop of two computers by pinning the apps, documents and other programs to the taskbar.



    Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

    • Are you referring to dual screen desktop feature of the computer?
    • Do you want to personalize two different PC taskbars?


    You can differ personalizing taskbar applications on different computers. You can either pin the same or differ the applications, programs or games on the computer taskbar according to the necessity.



    To pin the apps to taskbar, follow the steps below:



    • Click on Windows logo key on the keyboard to open
      Start menu
      .
    • Right click on the app and select Pin to taskbar option from the context menu.
    • Close the window and check if the app is pinned to taskbar.


    Refer to Get Started with Windows 10 Love it? Pin it and check if it helps.



    Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of pinning apps to taskbar on two desktops in the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



    Thank you.
     
    Likhitha V, Dec 25, 2022
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  3. GSG-9 Win User
    Lost the Seagate...

    The drive seems to be completely dead, my computer will not boot if I have it connected...to the windows cd or the new installation on the F1 drive (which is the boot drive now by the way)

    Thanks for the above article, im booting into Vista: U 64 right now, I cant follow those steps if the drive is in, it will lock up before it gets that far or if its not a cold boot the drive does not appear on the list.
     
    GSG-9, Dec 25, 2022
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  4. MohanC Win User

    Computer desktop and taskbar randomly lost substantial amounts of apps upon boot up

    windows 10 deleted my desktop files

    Step 1 - I upgraded to Win 10 and lost all my files on Desktop.

    Step 2 - Found the files in Network - USers- Desktop

    copied all files again to desktop.

    Step 3- Restarted my machine again and lost desktop files again.

    Step 4 - As suggested did the following as listed below but dont find my files.

    • Press “Windows + E”, open This PC/Computer
    • Open Local Disc C, open Windows.old
    • Click on Users, select your User name
    • Go to desktop folder
    Cant find my files. Why is Win 10 deleted files again and again from Desktop ?.
     
    MohanC, Dec 25, 2022
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