Windows 10: Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop?

Discus and support Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop? in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Trying to set-up/learn Win 10. In Win 7 I had a 'desktop' entry on my taskbar (when clicked) that showed EVERYTHING on the desktop ... thus allowing... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by RAPw10, Jan 25, 2016.

  1. RAPW10
    RAPw10 Win User

    Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop?


    Trying to set-up/learn Win 10.

    In Win 7 I had a 'desktop' entry on my taskbar (when clicked) that showed EVERYTHING on the desktop ... thus allowing me to have a 'clean' desktop so I could see the background images w/o icons cluttering it up.

    Referring to the tutorial 'Pin to taskbar' Folder and Drive in Windows 10 I created a 'desktop icon' but it only shows 10 out of 26 'items' (some shortcuts, some folders, etc).

    The 'desktop' (folder ?) only contains those 10 items ... is the another 'desktop' folder floating around the Win 10 refers to when displaying it on the PC?

    :)
     
    RAPw10, Jan 25, 2016
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  2. LOYALL
    loyall Win User

    Why does My Win 10 have three Desktop folders?

    In File Explorer there are three Desktop folders in various places. Two are located in My PC and My username and are empty. The third Desktop folder contains entire content of my computer excluding Quick Access. Could someone explain why this messy situation
    exists.

    By-the-way my actual Desktop is empty of any icons, apps, links or any clutter at all. Is it possible to get rid of the extra Desktop folders?
     
    loyall, Jan 25, 2016
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  3. JIM GIGLIO 81 - GMAIL
    Jim Giglio 81 - gmail Win User
    I have some DLL files containin idons; are there others

    Using GOOGLE, I located a set of DLL files that contained icons that I've used in setting up desktop shortcuts. I've put all these files in a separate folder under drive C: named "Icon Containers". Does anybody know of some other files (DLLs or otherwise)
    that also contain icons?
     
    Jim Giglio 81 - gmail, Jan 25, 2016
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop?

    Hello RAPw10, *Smile

    The desktop will show items inside the two folders below.

    Current account's desktop folder: %UserProfile%\Desktop

    All users' desktop folder: %Public%\Desktop
     
    Brink, Jan 25, 2016
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  5. RAPW10
    RAPw10 Win User
    Thank you Brink.
    The %UserProfile%\Desktop has the same things that are "in" the icon createdbut the %Public%\Desktop has the things I need. I'll just create a new icon based on that one.
     
    RAPw10, Jan 25, 2016
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  6. KEITHM
    KeithM Win User
    You can access the Desktop by clicking the drop-list of the File Explorer Address Bar.


    Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop? [​IMG]

    Where is 'Desktop File' Containing ALL files,folders,apps in Desktop? [​IMG]


    Keith
     
    KeithM, Apr 5, 2018
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