Windows 10: desktop icon missing from user folder

Discus and support desktop icon missing from user folder in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello! I'm having an issue with the desktop folder icon always disappearing from the user folder. The desktop folder is there but just as a plain... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by clone1994, Mar 27, 2020.

  1. CLONE1994
    clone1994 Win User

    desktop icon missing from user folder


    Hello!

    I'm having an issue with the desktop folder icon always disappearing from the user folder. The desktop folder is there but just as a plain folder. Found the post by Shawn Brink on how to check the desktop.ini file and that is good. Oddly enough I had a similar issue with is in W7 and I ran the bat file also by Shawn on restoring the desktop user folder location and it resets the icon issue I'm having now but only temporarily.

    Suggestions? Registry keys to check/restore.

    OS build 17763.1098

    Thanks

    :)
     
    clone1994, Mar 27, 2020
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  2. MUSSELS
    Mussels Win User

    Removing desktop icons

    the icons are located in 'all users' folder somewhere (for example, i see a few shared icons in "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" )

    The only way to fix those, is to remove the icons from there, and place them on to each users desktops manually. an admin may need to do this.
     
    Mussels, Mar 27, 2020
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  3. STURPE
    sturpe Win User
    Cannot find Desktop Icon in File Explorer

    Now that is interesting. If I do what you suggest, File Explorer Address bar changes to C:\Users\username\documents and the missing ICONS are there. But there is still not a "Desktop" folder.

    Is this a step in the right direction?
     
    sturpe, Mar 27, 2020
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  4. MORRISON5891
    Morrison5891 Win User

    desktop icon missing from user folder

    Missing Desktop Icon Text

    You can't rename or even create new folders, etc ... The icons are there I just took a screenshot to show what I was talking about. The icons are unclickable
     
    Morrison5891, Mar 27, 2020
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