Windows 10: Lost files and folders on desktop after windows 10 upgrade

Discus and support Lost files and folders on desktop after windows 10 upgrade in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; "Apparently, when you upgrade to win10 the first time if you don't log into your own account, but a TEMP user account, that is, conveniently, deleted... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Palisades, Nov 22, 2015.

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  1. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    Lost files and folders on desktop after windows 10 upgrade


    "Apparently, when you upgrade to win10 the first time if you don't log into your own account, but a TEMP user account, that is, conveniently, deleted upon the next reboot. Wish I'd known that beforehand. But I was able to recover my lost files by using the Shadow Explorer app. If it's not too late and the shadow copies of your files have not yet been overwritten you can find them under c:\users\TEMP\desktop and recover them.
    I sincerely hope this helps anyone and Microsoft fixes this issue soon."

    This does seem a fairly rational explanation of how it's done- unfortunately. I merely quote it.
    Lost Desktop Files - Page 2 - Windows 10 Forums
     
    dalchina, Dec 10, 2015
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  2. ERANZAKSH
    eranzaksh Win User

    I were having the same problem and important documents were missing!
    thank you for taking the time to write down this important information!
    i've learnt my lesson - the documents are now on the cloud..
     
    eranzaksh, Apr 4, 2018
    #17
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