Windows 10: Windows 10 Update deleted some of my Desktop folders, how to get them back?

Hello,


On Thursday 15th I was playing Hearthstone in the Battle Net app, when I exited, my most vital files and folders on the desktop were gone, I was unable to find any of the missing files/folders - not a single one (!!!) using Search in Explorer, or 4 different recovery programs.


It's like they never existed. And it's vital I get them back.


When that happened, I had the Windows 10 update lined up and the backup for it already created in the Windows.old folder, but without the missing files (the Desktop folder was empty). My best guess is that the files were deleted automatically to make space for the update and the backup because before that I had about 15GB of free space and afterwards it was about 100GB. I'm positive this was the case as the deleted folders started with # and A (they had roughly around 100GB of data in them), the rest of the alphabethically ordered folders remained.


I've been running recovery software in my free time since then, now I'm out of options.


To sum up:


- the files / folders were clearly deleted as there was an additional free space afterward so they are not on the disc anymore

- not the whole Desktop was deleted, a majority of my files and folders are still there

- I tried restarting couple of times

- I tried creating a new User profile with Admin - still nothing showed up

- I tried various recovery software which found absolutely nothing of the missing folders / files ever existing before


Does Microsoft have any on-site experts I can visit in my city?


Please help, the files are very important to me.

:)

 

C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Trouble deleting a folder

Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

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 ?.