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• Lack of files and folders on the desktop

  I stored a lot of files and folders on the desktop. These files are gone and I can't find them. I tried a system restore based on a time of restoration of this morning and the computer works well. However, the files and folders on the desktop are not returned. THING STRANGE, WHEN I REBOOT THE COMPUTER FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND I SEE ALL THE FOLDERS AND FILES MISSING AND THEN THEY DISAPPEAR.

  Recently where I found a number of files and folders under my user name.

  You always know the names of file and folder, try to do a search, they could be lot in one place. There are a few programs that automatically move files and predefined folders in folders like "DropIt". Also try to scan your computer for viruses.

• icons and folders on the desktop cannot be moved

  I just installed Security Update 2016-001. When the computer rebooted all my folders on the desktop and icons have been in different places and I can't move them on the desktop. I can click and drag, but when I drop back to where they were

  Please, do a right-click on desktop & choose since none.

  Also, be sure that all applications are closed before performing the above step.

• I upgraded my Vista Home premium to windows 7 ultimate, shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created until the flash drive is reinserted

  during the upgradation he automatically took backup to an external flash drive, now every time I have to run has previously program I have to insert this flash drive.
  also all the shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created so that the flash disk is reinserted

  Hi subhshy001,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Windows answers Forum community!

  Try this if you do not have

  Windows Explorer to create the folders and shortcuts in your document folder, drag and drop them on your desktop.

  If you have completed the steps and was not even useful,

  Follow these steps:

  Try to create a shortcut and sending it on the desktop.

  (1) open: Start Menu ,.
  (2) right-click: Internet Explorer icon .
  (3) select: send to > desktop (create shortcut).

  There should be a shortcut on the desktop .

  Make sure that the "show desktop icon" has a check against it

  OR

  Just click on the empty part of the desktop, choose new > then select the folder to create. Right click on this folder , select Rename it.

  If the steps above do not work then:

  You can scan your computer for malware.

  You can download, install and update anti-malware free of your favorite search engine and find malware.
  
  Important note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

  If the scan comes back clean, so I recommend doing a System File Checker too l to analyze your OS system files.

  To help resolve this problem, use the tool (SFC.exe) System File Checker to determine which file is causing the problem and then replace the file. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. open an elevated command prompt . To do this, click Start , click principally made programs , Accessories , right-click guest , and then click run as administrator .  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click allow .
  2. type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow (Yes there is a space after sfc) the sfc/scannow command analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions. This analysis do take some time to complete.

  Hope this information helped!

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft technical support.
  Visit our http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/answersfeedback/threads/ Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• written in a notebood on top of my keyboard and now the icons on the desktop are huge

  I was writing in a notebood on top of my keyboard and now the icons on the desktop are huge.  How do they return to a normal size?

  ... How do they return to a normal size?

  Pass the mouse on an empty area of the desktop and hold one of the CtrI keys while turning the mouse wheel.

• sidebar on the desktop are not displayed images of only a red cross

  sidebar on the desktop are not displayed images of only a red cross

  Take a look at the following:

  Sidebar will not run on start up
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/fix-Windows-Sidebar-does-not-start/

  
  Component cannot start Windows Vista

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117192-Windows-Sidebar-will-not-start-Vista.html

  Sidebar Gadget not working not properly
  Note: look for responses from the veebull
  and president of the DNA
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/itprovistadesktopui/thread/5d734cdb-757f-4801-8f28-3cca36ccf7ba

  How can I restore windows sidebar
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=963010

  How to fix broken sidebar
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/how-to-repair-your-crashed-or-hanging-Vista-Sidebar/

  From: Daniel Martin
  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistaappearance/thread/802e24fe-4DD3-4EE3-b2b5-5eba88595598

• The icons on the desktop are inaccessible to 99% of the time.

  The icons on the desktop are inaccessible to 99% of the time. I restart the computer and they will work for a few minutes only. What could be the cause of this?

  The icons on the desktop are inaccessible to 99% of the time. I restart the computer and they will work for a few minutes only. What could be the cause of this?

  Make a cache of icon re - build. Yours could have been corrupted.
  Here is the link to the tutorial: use a method. Less painful.

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html

  t-4-2

• Why my files and folders on the desktop goes away when I stop or disconnect my computer?

  Why my files and folders on the desktop goes away when I stop or disconnect my computer?

  When I start my computer its message of shows like temporary file is retained and watch the preparing your desktop... can anyone find the answer?

  ·                        Restore point:

  Try typing F8 at startup and in the list of Boot selections, select Mode safe using ARROW top to go there > and then press ENTER.

  Try a restore of the system once, to choose a Restore Point prior to your problem...

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore > choose another time > next > etc.
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Read this: http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/947242

  A temporary profile is loaded after you connect to a Windows Vista-based system

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  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-AU/help/769495bf-035C-4764-A538-c9b05c22001e1033.mspx

  Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

  After creating the profile, you can copy the files from the existing profile. You must have at least three user accounts on the computer to perform these operations, including the new account that you created.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• In the area of blur the pins are invisible. I can work with the pins, but I can´t see them. How can I make visible?

  In the area of blur the pins are invisible. I can work with the pins, but I can´t see them. How can I make visible?

  Hi ferdinandn

  What version of Phtooshop are you using?

  Is "View > Show > edit the pines ' activated when you select the blur filter?

  

  Concerning

  Assani

• Logon problems: there is no option to logon administrator, folders on the desktop and start button are missing.

  Original title: logon problems

  There is option to logon to the Administrator without on my computer. There is only the option "User". My admin p/word work but there is no etc folder on the desktop, no START button, bottom left. How can I solve this problem?

  Hello

  1. when the question is is produced?

  2. you remember of any change to your computer before the problem?

  Start your computer in safe mode and check if the files from office and the Start button appear.

  See also:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/318027

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• Windows XP SP3: Unable to start, System Restore cannot drag and drop ALL the files/folders on the desktop and applications, many unable to start, services cannot search, cannot copy or transfer the any files folders...

  After a recent power outage, my system has restarted with a weird and very common Windows problems range. The system boots fine, all my personal files/folders/apps are intact, have suddenly stopped almost all functions of applications, but many crucial functions of the Windows kernel. Everything seems to point to several Windows Services are unable to start (administrative tools on the start menu). I am running Win XP SP3 and that he was going to upgrade to Windows 7, but I wanted to backup everything in advance. As I have 29 000 hours on my C: drive and a lot of time invested in my system, files, and applications, I am extremely reluctant to risk losing my files and applications by performing any type of reinstalling Windows. Strangely, begin to almost all my apps and all my files are accessible for the most part, but I've lost the ability to drag and drop files, folders or items in a list within the applications COMPLETELY. I can't copy or paste anything, can't move the desktop icons (although I can create new files and folders). So at the moment I can't save anything or even a single file transfer to a hard drive on another storage medium. Immediate reaction: try safe mode and try the system restore safe mode has the same problems (likely due to the large number of system services that inexplicably refuses to start) and the system restore says an error window saying "system restore is not able to protect your computer at this time. try restoring the system running and restart again", which of course NEVER changes. It's the equivalent of getting a tire on your car in the middle of nowhere to find the spare tire flat and the missing Jack. I have used to be fanatical about the definition of the regular restore points, but now can not access them. I have backups of most of my personal files, but over years have lost most of the original installation CD for many of my applications (there are over 100 applications on my system) and I don't want to lose the file associations and architecture of directory tree that it took my so long to implement. I started with Win XP media center edition of first (circa 2004 or almost) and have migrated twice more of 3 hard disks and 2 computers. All this time (5 years of daily use), I have NEVER known so many malfunctions for as many Windows basic and vital functions at the same time. I tried a lot of 3rd party "windows fix - it / registry repair" apps, all have no effect. Everything I can speculate is there was some serious damage to the registry and have no idea how/why so many Services refuse to start. In MMC, more than half of the services actually start and run, the rest all give the error message "the service or dependencies is not start (error 1068).» In addition, very oddly, no. APPS or windows appear in the toolbar AT ALL, but the Quick Launch toolbar works very well, just like the tray button and start tasks (?! )!). If I reduce a window, it "disappears" (Nothing on the task bar), but I can restore it using the alt - tab keyboard shortcut to switch apps, so all applications/windows appear on the list of the Task Manager. A few apps is paralyzed bad, as the player windows media, itunes, etc. (I guess because the service windows audio can not not start), some won't start at all, but 90% of them work fine, except to try to copy or back up all files. I can create new files, however. I'm desperate to find a solution to repair XP3 Win WITHOUT losing my installed applications and files, before I try and switch to WIndows 7. Any help/suggestions/links/advice would be much appreciated. I'm an experienced user, but I've never met so many malfunctions based on the OS at a time. I, however, very painfully learned (years before that my system so complex) it's been almost a re-installation of Windows guarantees to lose my installed apps and files, the directory tree architecture associations.

  Help, please!

  I'll be honest with you - your message is so difficult to read that I don't bother to go through all that. Next time consider using white space, ball or points numbered, etc. to make your message more readable. I stopped reading after your first sentence and only scanned the rest quickly. I do not mean to hurt your feelings; just trying to help you get targeted answers you need for the future.

  The blackout has corrupted your Windows installation. Back up your data now. Since you have problems so much, it would be probably best is to remove the hard drive, put it in a USB drive enclosure and attach it to another computer to copy the data OR start the target with Linux Livecd such as Knoppix system and copy the data to an external hard drive. IOW, do not use the damaged windows to try to get your data.

  You can try a repair that will leave your programs and facility data intact, but with this widespread bribery, it is unlikely to work. However, it takes only a few minutes and is so worth a try. If the repair facility does not work there is nothing to do, but a clean install. And Yes, it will mean that over again.

  Consider buying a UPS to help prevent future damage by power outages. For a single computer, you should look for one in the area of $60 to 80. A more expensive UPS is not necessary. Another good disaster recovery strategy is to buy an external hard drive and Acronis True Image. You can image your system (and can make an incremental backup image so that your image is still current). You can apply your image and be back running that you were in relatively few minutes after a hard drive or Windows to fail.

  http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - repair install how-to
  http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean install - how-to
  http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - you will need at hand MS - MVP - Elephant Boy computers - Don ' t Panic!

• Icons on the desktop are covered by some kind of a generic icon after installing updates

  Original title: updated ruined my office!

  Once the updates have been downloaded and installed to my computer Gateway DX4840-03F (Windows 7 Home Premium x 64) icons on my desktop are now covered by some sort of a generic icon applied on top of the icon who was there.  If I take the icons up to large size I can still see the edges of the original under the generic icon icon.  I'm hesitant to do a restore before the undates were applied.  I guess that when the updates have been applied, I would have the same problem.  This is the first time that I've never used this forum thing, but it seems that this isn't the hottest place of answers...

  Hi skipplummer,

  You can check in the history of Windows update and the updates recently installed.

  Step 1:

  Check the update history to see what updates have been installed. See the link for the same mentioned below.

  See the Windows updates are installed

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/see-which-Windows-updates-are-installed

  Step 2:

  Given that the problem occurred after installing Windows updates, you can try a system restore and then try to install the updates one manually and check.

  You can try a system restore to a point before installing updates.

  Note: When you perform the system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, programs and updates that you have installed are removed.

  To run the system restore, you can consult the following link:

  System restore

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-system-restore

  System Restore: frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  After restoring the system, try to download and install updates one manually from the Microsoft Download Center:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• My icons and Windows Sidebar Gadgets on the desktop are suddenly very small.

  The electricity went out, and when we restarted the computer (Dell) all the desktop icons and windows and my sidebar gadgets are extremely low.  Can you help me to change everything back to normal size?

  Hello Carol24,

  1. open settings display by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, appearance and personalization, customization, and then clicking display settings.
  2. pursuant to the resolution, move the slider to the desired resolution, then click apply

  Here is one link: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/0386b009-5f30-45c7-80c8-ff0395cc24091033.mspx which will give you some

  Tips to get your quality return to normal display. Hope this helps you. Let us know anyway. Make it a great day!

  "And in the end the love you take, is equal to The Love You Make" (The Beatles last song from their latest album, Abbey Road.)

• folders on the desktop

  How to lock the position of the files on the desktop.  Whenever I have stop computer all of my folders and files on the right side of the screen move to the left side and re rallied.

  Hello

  Have you tried to uncheck the Auto Arrange icons? If not, here's how:

  • Right-click on a a white spot on your desktop screen.
  • Click on display
  • Uncheck Auto Arrange icons

  

  We inform you that abnormal shutdown could also cause your office files to reorganize. Always shut down your computer in the right way.

  Let us know if it works.

  Thank you

• items on the desktop are too large

  only my office appear much greater in size.and any other resolution and other programs are normal in view

  Tried what is obvious?

  Right click on the desktop, click view, select "Small icons" or "medium-sized icons.