Windows 10: missing files windows 10 home

Hi All, new to forum so apologies if I have the wrong option,
I am running windows 10 home on an acer aspire laptop, I have customised all my file icons for easy access,
this morning when switching on I notice I have the standard windows folders, when going into my icons folder I find it empty, I also have 4 spreadsheets using libre office, they are all missing, just an empty folder, lucky I have them backed up elsewhere, there are a number of folders like this, I have tried a system restore to 2 weeks ago, my last restore point but they are still the same empty folders,, I have looked at my windows updates and I have 4 over the last 5 days,
can anybosy help me recover my lost files and icons and can I safely delete these last updates?
all help and advice appreciated





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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

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