Media files went after login (preparing your desktop)

On our desktop, we have important documents and family photos that were just lost today when we need to connect top and we got the message preparing your desktop. Now every time that connect us to that account, it gives this message. Wallpaper has disappeared, and the documents and a multitude of images/pretty much everything we did. The programs are always there. Is it possible to recover these lost files?

"Preparing your desktop" indicates that the connection is considered to be a completely new user with his own user profile. Normally, this happens because the user profile is corrupted and cannot be loaded, it is rarely individual files, but is instead the hive of the registry of the user.

When this happens, Windows creates a temporary user profile which is deleted when you close the session, but if nothing is done to solve the problem creates another temporary profile the next time.

Try to run a restore point prior to the question that arises to see if he can recover a hive of work. Alternatively, you can try to create another user with administrator privileges and check the C:\Users folder to the directory of the profile user "lost". All missing files should still be there.

Use this class as a small reminder that you need to do regular backups, in this case, the files should be retrievable. It may not always be the case.

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