Windows 10: Desktop

Brink, I restarted my PC and the first registry key you showed in post #12 was added to my registry, but the details are shown as %SystemDrive%\Desktop.

 

That would be correct for the first location.

Go ahead and post a screenshot showing the second registry location to verify and see what we should change.

 

Brink, the screenshot is attachedd.

 

Everything looks in order for your Desktop folder in the registry.

 

Would it be simpler (and more permanent) to disable One Drive?
I hated One Drive. But rather than uninstall it I just disabled it.

In this folder ...
C:\Users\<USER-NAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive

I renamed these two files ...
OneDrive.exe
OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe

to ...
OneDrive.exe.not
OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.exe.not

Done.

 

Margrave,

If the problem symptom returns [Desktop showing the correct contents when looked at in File explorer but not when looking at the Desktop itself], right-click on an empty area of the Desktop and select Refresh.

Many people have found that their Desktop's are not refreshing automatically and are forced to take this step. I searched & searched for a permanent solution but every suggestion I found either had no effect or had only a limited-duration effect.

Denis

 

If you like, here's a more effective way to disable OneDrive. Running SFC would undo your method.

*Arrow Enable or Disable OneDrive Integration Apps Features Tutorials