Windows 10: I have lost my desktop and my files

Never had this happen before.

When I signed on, my previous desktop has disappeared.

It is only showing a few icons, and the computer seems to have reverted to an earlier state.


My Quicken, for example, no longer displays the data in it it is backed up.


What happened? My McAfee is still here, so is my Malwarebytes. My Firefox has lost all of its bookmarks.


Everything else is gone, including PDF files that had been saved to my desktop.


Recently I was having bootup issues and disabled quick start. My computer was hanging on boot-up and I was getting a timeout error. Could this be related?


Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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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 ?.

 

lost desktop and files

Hi Jon,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you have lost files after Windows 10 update. We will help you.

To assist you better, I suggest you to answer the below question.

• Did you face this issue after upgrading to Windows 10 from previous Windows?
• Did you face this issue after updating in Windows 10?

I would suggest you to refer the below link and check if it helps finding your files.

After updating your PC to Windows 10, you may be having trouble finding your old files. Here are some things to try.

Refer: Find lost files after the update to Windows 10

Please post us back with more information to help you better.

 

lost folders from desktop

Hello,

It is possible that your folders were deleted, hidden, or move where they are saved before. For us to efficiently assist you, we would like to ask a few questions:

• Could you tell us if you have tried checking if those folders are hidden?
• Have you tried to check your Recycle Bin?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

Meanwhile, we advise that you follow the suggestions provided in this
article on how to find missing files in Windows 10.

We're looking forward to your response.