Windows 10: Win 11 - How do i get all files from desktop to appear in desktop folder of file exlporer?

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  1. MATTHEW D ANDERSON
    Matthew D Anderson Win User

    Win 11 - How do i get all files from desktop to appear in desktop folder of file exlporer?


    Brand new win 11 home machine and i just started cleaning it up and installing apps. When i open the desktop in file explorer only 2 of the 8 items i have on my desktop appear. This is wholly unexpected behavior for any other version or install of windows. Is this a setting issue? how can i fix this? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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    Matthew D Anderson, Jul 31, 2023
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  2. MATTHEW D ANDERSON
    Matthew D Anderson Win User

    Win 11 - How do i get all files from desktop to appear in desktop folder of file exlporer?

    Brand new win 11 home machine and i just started cleaning it up and installing apps.

    When i open the desktop in file explorer only 2 of the 8 items i have on my desktop appear. This is wholly unexpected behavior for any other version or install of windows. Is this a setting issue? how can i fix this?

    Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
     
    Matthew D Anderson, Jul 31, 2023
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  3. MOHANC
    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, Jul 31, 2023
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  4. BJVD808
    BJVD808 Win User

    Win 11 - How do i get all files from desktop to appear in desktop folder of file exlporer?

    User's Desktop folder in Windows 11; files not appearing on desktop

    New Windows 11 user and computer here. Backed up all my files from Win10 computer to Dropbox; I don't want to use OneDrive. OneDrive installed on the new computer setup. I deleted OneDrive from Add/Remove Programs. I saw the OneDrive folder still in my profile and deleted it also (there were no files in it). I give you that background info in case it is relevant. I downloaded my Desktop folder from Dropbox into my Downloads folder. I attempted to extract the files to C;\users\nameduser. There was no Desktop folder as I expected there would be. So I went to C:\users\nameduser and created a Desktop folder. I then extracted the files to another dummy folder, ctrl + A to select all, and copy/pasted them in to the C:\users\nameduser\Desktop folder. Restarted the computer and they don't appear. Why? Is something different from Windows 10 to Windows 11? How do I get them to appear on my desktop? BTW - I checked to see if they were hidden and right click on Desktop, View and Show Desktop Icons is checked.
     
    BJVD808, Jul 31, 2023
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