Windows 10: Why is Windows10 so complicated?

April 2, 2020, from windows 7 to windows 10

Seemed all good and working

13th may, 2020, opened my computer and boom! all my files are gone!

My desktop is empty and the notification panel says, 'you've been signed in with a temporary profile'

I thought that was easy. I signed out and signed in like a hundred and one times and it won't work!

It's been two days now and I want my files, please help me

I tried it all: command prompt, registry editor, file explorer, everything!

Even the restore points are gone. they are old as a year.

I cried straight for 2 days, repeatedly trying and searching for solutions online. I could get only 5 hours of sleep in a span of 48 hours and i am going crazy!

please help me get my files back.

:)

 

Windows10 update

Hi Ray,

To troubleshoot your issue, we suggest doing these following troubleshooting methods:

Method 1

• Turn off your PC.
• Press and hold Shift then turn on your PC.
• Wait for the setup (set up fixes the problem automatically).

Method 2

• Create a media creation tool by following the steps in this
  link.
• Select your preferred installation option and wait for the process to finish.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

OneDrive - Another over complicated product from Microsoft?

I recreated what I think you wanted on a virtual machine, in a very straightforward way. Here are my steps.

Step 1: Launch OneDrive for the first time. Click on the option at bottom to change the default location for my OneDrive to a second hard drive on my system. (if you already have oneDrive setup, go to settings and choose Unlink account to get back to this point).





Step #2. Create a OneDrive folder on my E:\ drive, and select it.



Step #3. Go into newly created E:\OneDrive and create folders for Desktop, Documents and Pictures.



Step #4. Go to C:\users\user\{Desktop,Documents,Pictuers} and move them to your new E:\OneDrive\{Desktop,Documents,Pictuers}




Step #5. Run a test, using Quick access area, create a test file on the desktop folder.





Step #6. Now, go to E:\OneDrive\Desktop and verify that the file is really there




Step #7. Ensure the right folders are checked to Sync




Step #8. Optionally untick the Files on Demand feature to make 100% sure that the files are actually stored on your hard drive.





Seems pretty easy to me.

 

Trouble downloading docs from web

Its certainly complex to list step-by step, as most procedures are, but easy to use once you are familiar with it. I use it frequently.