Windows 10: Desktop files disappeared and cannot be searched or unhidden, help

Discus and support Desktop files disappeared and cannot be searched or unhidden, help in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; In the program inspect the log and search for a reference to your desktop, or the filename that has disappeared. (Edit, Find). Hopefully your... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Sacley, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    Desktop files disappeared and cannot be searched or unhidden, help

    dalchina, Nov 16, 2016
    #16
  2. ROLANDJS
    RolandJS Win User

    Adding to those excellent suggestions, FileSeek will not write anything to the drive during its search or its display of found material. Free Commander and Explorer++ -- I like using them!
     
    RolandJS, Nov 16, 2016
    #17
  3. LX07
    lx07 Win User
    Sounds like you may be signed on using a temporary profile. That deletes everything saved to the desktop when you sign out.

    Try saving something to the desktop and then browse to it in Explorer and see if it in C:\Users\<your name\Desktop

    if not you could look at this tutorial to fix it.

    You've been signed in with a temporary profile - Fix - Windows 10 Forums
     
    lx07, Apr 4, 2018
    #18
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