Windows 10: win10: apps uninstalling on their own,shortcuts turning into white sheets,& permission problem.

my problem appeared today out of nowhere as i restarted my laptop at first it was just one app that got uninstalled & the shortcut turned into white sheet(when i click on it it asks me to delete the shortcut).. so i restarted the pc again to find that more shortcuts turned white & got deleted on their own, even my notes i had them on my desktop some important ones & when i tried to access them or decrypt them i get this message "you do not have permission to open this file. see the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission", & to be clear i have one & only account & i'm the administrator.. tried to create another account with the administrative permission but no luck.

BTW i installed 2 updates today "2019-09 cumulative update for .NET Framework 4.8 for windows 10 version 1803 for x64" & the other "2019-08 update for windows 10 version 1803 for x64 based systems".. also for the record my win version is 1803 os build 17134.1006.

please help is there any chance to get my notes back before formatting the pc (i can't see any solution to my case except for formatting)

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Icons have turned white sheets

Hello Everyone,

Today I tried to connect my ps3 to my windows 10 Desktop and a message said that IP wasn't correctly managed... So I used the internal diagnostic tool on the network, and it said there was an IP error... I looked across the web and found a fix: I uninstalled
and reinstalled network drivers... but after rebooting, every icon became a black sheet (Not everyone actually), like in the image (Note that just Edge, store and explorer, the third are pinned to taskbar)... both on taskbar and start screen (some in the list,
others become sheets when pinned to start... They become white even when I open the app frome the directory. I tried deleting the icon cache, but it didn't work... What shall I do to fix?

 

Icons have turned white sheets

Hello,

Sorry to know that you are still facing this issue.

Share this information to assist you better.

• Have you installed all the pending updates?
• Is the issue particular to only apps or other third party programs also?
• When you click on the icons what exactly happens?

Suggest you to follow these steps to automatically diagnose and repair problems with files and folders in Windows from the link below:

Diagnose and repair Windows File and Folder Problems automatically

Hope this helps, let us know the status of the issue.

 

How to pin app shortcut to desk top?

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow below steps to change pin the apps on the desktop screen and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to perform the below steps to add the apps on desktop.

• Click on the “Start button” and locate the App that you want to pin to Desktop.
• Right click on the “App” and click on “More options”.
• Then click on “Open File location” and right click on the app, click on “Send to” option.
• Then select “Desktop (Create shortcut)”.
• Go to “Desktop” and check whether the app is located or not.

Or Step 2: To add shortcuts to the desktop

• Press and hold or right-click the desktop, tap or click New, and then tap or click Shortcut.
• Enter the location of the item or tap or click Browse to find the item in File Explorer.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.