Windows 10: My desktop is empty except for the files clicked in properties Windows 11 and current

Discus and support My desktop is empty except for the files clicked in properties Windows 11 and current in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi I have had this issue for awhile, my desktop is weird, i have had anomalies for a while. and i am a dropbox user.File manager defaults to homeit... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by LarryMayhue, Apr 8, 2024.

  1. My desktop is empty except for the files clicked in properties Windows 11 and current


    Hi I have had this issue for awhile, my desktop is weird, i have had anomalies for a while. and i am a dropbox user.File manager defaults to homeit does show the desktop quick access does show the desktopyes i have tried to pin i discovered today that my computer name does not match my dropbox computer file name see pics 1 & 2 i have included a file manager view if the desktop and a physical pic of the desktopsee pics 3&4

    :)
     
    LarryMayhue, Apr 8, 2024
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  2. MohanC Win User

    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 ?.
     
    MohanC, Apr 8, 2024
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  3. Ahhzz Win User
    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


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, Apr 8, 2024
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  4. My desktop is empty except for the files clicked in properties Windows 11 and current

    No desktop icons and no file properties available

    I have posted previously under 'disappearing icons', but the problem continues with no solution thus far.
    Win10 home on a desktop, installed as an online update to Win7. Everything ran well for five months. But now, suddenly, I see NO ICONS on my desktop. I have about 20 shortcuts, each with their correct file name, but no icons associated with
    the names. If I click on the shortcut name, the expected program runs as expected. However, when I right-click on the shortcut name and get the normal listing of available tasks; (copy to, ... rename, ....properties, etc), when I then click on 'properties'
    (e.g., to change an icon), I get nothing. Not the normal box, no box, nothing, so it is impossible to change the icon.

    If I open file explorer and right click on any file, and again click the 'properties', I again get nothing. The properties of a file seem to have become broken from their name and from their shortcut, such that the name cannot see the icon.

    I do have the word 'Desktop' on my lower left tool bar (notification bar?), but this word has no icon associated with it. If I click on this word 'Desktop' I get a listing of all the files and shortcuts on my desktop, but again no icons.

    This problem occurs on both my and my wife's accounts, desktops and file explorers, but it does NOT occur in the Admin account, which shows normal icons and which gives the correct properties box to each file when opened up.

    If I add a new shortcut to my account desktop, the process works except that I again get NO ICON, and cannot access the shortcut 'properties' of the new shortcut.

    If I add a new user to the system, the desktop of the new user suffers the same problem - NO ICONS, and no properties available for any desktop shortcut.

    No viruses (Windows Defender. Malwarebytes, Superantispyware), and the problem still occurs when booting in Safe or Clean mode.

    I consider myself to have a reasonable knowledge of Microsoft systems (computing since 1971), and I now ask if there is a Windows expert who can advise me of which key(s) to set or reset in the registry.

    Thanks
     
    RayKanga85, Apr 8, 2024
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