Windows 10: The "This PC" icon disappeared, and I fixed it, by why did it happen?

Discus and support The "This PC" icon disappeared, and I fixed it, by why did it happen? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; The "This PC" icon on my desktop disappeared. I know how to fix it, and I did, but my question is why does that happen? I haven't done anything unusual... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by rotwang, Jan 31, 2018.

  1. ROTWANG
    rotwang Win User

    The "This PC" icon disappeared, and I fixed it, by why did it happen?


    The "This PC" icon on my desktop disappeared. I know how to fix it, and I did, but my question is why does that happen? I haven't done anything unusual lately. So I'm worried it's either the hard drive beginning to fail or a virus.

    I have automatic updates turned off, so it's not a bug in a new patch.

    What are some possible reasons that might happen?

    (I'm a developer, so no problem to talk in arcane terms.)




    :)
     
    rotwang, Jan 31, 2018
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  2. SZYMPEK123
    szympek123 Win User

    " Nokia Simple " theme - where it this theme?

    hi,

    Some days ago on page
    http://ea.mobile.nokia.com/content/spin/ea/6120c/en/theme/index.xhtml     or in phone (nokia 6120c) themes/general/download themes/ was very cool theme (light cream white, black fonts) " Nokia Simple ", now its dissapear from this site. Where i can get it?
    or maybe somebody has it and could send to me.

    thx
     
    szympek123, Jan 31, 2018
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  3. OKINAWA---01
    okinawa---01 Win User
    okinawa---01, Jan 31, 2018
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  4. HIPHOPPER
    hiphopper Win User

    The "This PC" icon disappeared, and I fixed it, by why did it happen?

    Most likely thing is you had the icon selected and accidentally hit the delete key which sent it to the trash can.

    A faulty disk drive is unlikely to have an effect on that icon since it acts as a meta folder for all devices drives and folders.
     
    hiphopper, Jan 31, 2018
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  5. ROTWANG
    rotwang Win User
    Yea that was my first thought as well, but I tested that- it throws a dialog to confirm. (try it too)

    "Are you sure you want to delete the This PC icon from your desktop?"

    Yea that my first thought too....

    ug so what else could it be?
     
    rotwang, Apr 4, 2018
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