Windows 10: Some pictures saved onto desktop not showing on desktop

Hello all, need some help please.

My problem:

Using the Windows Snipping Tool, I save a screen shot as jpg file on my desktop.
However, after saving, the jpg file does not show on desktop, although it DID in fact save it on desktop because I see it through file explorer.
This happens to jpg pictures and not documents such as pdf, etc.
Help would be greatly appreciated.

My PC:
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Dell XPS 8900 desktop
Core-i7 6700K 4.0 GHz
32GB DDR4 RAM
2TB 7200 RPM SATA HD + 256GB SSD
2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Graphics

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Why are pictures I download showing up on my desktop and some pictures I don't know who they are being saved on my computer?

Why are pictures I download showing up on my desktop and some pictures I don't know who they are being saved on my computer?

 

Remove photo from welcome screen startup

I now have been able make a picture of the Desktop showing the picture and saved in the PC page. What is now required to paste picture to your web site? This symbol originally was accidently put in Desktop screen when Right clicked, and "Set as Desktop
background".

 

Just out of curosity, have you tried to save these pictures to a file instead of the desktop? What happens then?

 

Make it sure that you are not in Tablet Mode. Tablet Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 10

Make it sure that 'Show Desktop Icons' is checked. Desktop Icons - Hide or Show

Does it still does not show up? If not, does it show up after doing a Right Click on Desktop > Refresh?

 

Works just fine when I save to a file/folder.

 

I just checked and Tablet mode was and is off.
"Show desktop icons" was already checked on. But interestingly, I clicked it off and then back on, and the jpg files appeared on desktop. I also tried the refresh button and this also was able to reveal it on desktop.

But the problem still persists, it would be cumbersome to click "refresh" every time I save a pic to desktop.

 

Arc

So your comments helped me identify the problem: my desktop is not refreshing automatically. This appears to be a common problem from Windows 7.

When I googled for a solution, there were many people suggesting I edit the registry, changing "dontrefresh" 1 to 0:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/deskto...ically-windows

However, when I looked for "dontrefresh", it does not exist. What next?

 

I am not good with the registry.

Try these two:

• SFC Command - Run in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
• DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image - Windows 10 Forums

If there is a corruption in the registry or in the OS, then either of these commands would fix it.

 

Just completed both smoothly, but still no luck.
Something also interesting I just discovered-- every time I restart the computer, pictures DO show up on desktop for the first one or two pictures, but from the third onward it fails.

 

Could it be a refresh problem? What happens if you save a picture to the desktop an press F5 (refresh) on the desktop?

Edit: sorry, just realised that you have already posted about this, but the file does not show even after refreshing the desktop?

 

Yea, when I refresh the jpg file shows itself from hidden, each and every time.

 

I have had the same problem on Windows 8, and this worked for me. Please see below for how to create the key, since you do not see it. I also recomend backing up any existing registry entries, before editing.
Explorer does not refresh automatically

If you find that you need to frequently refresh the desktop, you can follow these steps to try and fix the problem.







Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID
Here right-click and search for dontrefresh. If you find it, and if it has a value set to 1, change its value to 0.

If you do not see it, create it and give it a value 0.

 

I thought it might be helpful with a bit more detailed instruction of how to create the key.

Find the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID

1. Right click on CLSID and choose "New" -> "Key".
2. Rename the "New Key#1" to "Instance".
3. Then to the right, right click and select "New" -> "DWORD (32-bit) Value"
4. Rename "New Value #1" to "DontRefresh".

Check that "DontRefresh is set to "0".

 

Check in safe mode with networking and try to save file on desktop. It might be an issue with malware. If the problem persists in smwn run superantispyware pro and mbam.