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• All program files and shortcuts from the "Start" menu disappeared

  I use Windows Vista Home Premium (SP2) (64-bit).  Two days back, I've updated my windows.  After restarting the PC, all program files and shortcuts in Start menu disappeared.  The shortcuts that I myself had added manually do not work.

  Have you tried to do the restore of the system in SafeMode as stated in my answer 1 to you?

  If it doesn't/does not work:

  If you do not want to repost in the Windows Update Forum (they are the specialists it for the best advice regarding your problem), make this disc Bootable startup repair and use it to do a system restore or uninstall the updates by using the method 2nd in my 1st reply:

  Download the ISO on the link provided and make a record of repair time it starts.

  Go to your Bios/Setup, or the Boot Menu at startup and change the Boot order to make the DVD/CD drive 1st in the boot order, then reboot with the disk in the drive.

  At the startup/power on you should see at the bottom of the screen either F2 or DELETE, go to Setup/Bios or F12 for the Boot Menu.

  When you have changed that, insert the Bootable disk you did in the drive and reboot.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial148.html

  Link above shows what the process looks like and a manual, it load the repair options.

  NeoSmart containing the content of the Windows Vista DVD 'Recovery Centre', as we refer to him. It cannot be used to install or reinstall Windows Vista, and is just a Windows PE interface to recovering your PC. Technically, we could re-create this installation with downloadable media media freely from Microsoft (namely the Microsoft WAIK, several gigabyte download); but it is pretty darn decent of Microsoft to present Windows users who might not be able to create such a thing on their own.

  Read all the info on the website on how to create and use:

  http://NeoSmart.net/blog/2008/Windows-Vista-recovery-disc-download/

  ISO Burner:http://www.snapfiles.com/get/active-isoburner.html

  It's a very good Vista startup repair disk.

  You can do a system restart tool, system, etc it restore.

  It is NOT a disc of resettlement.

  And the 32-bit is what normally comes on a computer, unless 64-bit.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• I opened outlook express and all my emails and I created folders disappeared. Are they gone forever? Ideas?

  I opened outlook express and all my emails and I created folders disappeared. Are they gone forever? Ideas?

  It looks like a new OE has been created? File | Identities. Y at - it a list?
   
  If this is not the case, look for your message store folder. While following the path, when you get to the identities, see if there is a second appearing, and if this identity has for folders dbx files you are missing.
   
  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.
   
  In Windows XP, Win2K & Win2K3 the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  The path to the message will be very similar to this:
   
  C:\Documents and Settings\Your User of utilisateur\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\ {long string of letters & numbers} \Microsoft\Outlook Express

• Creative Cloud Desktop manager and application manager Adobe disappeared during some sort of update. Tried to uninstall and reinstall creative clouds (received the message I needed to App Manager). Tried to install App Manager (got the message, I needed c

  Creative Cloud Desktop manager and application manager Adobe disappeared during some sort of update. Tried to uninstall and reinstall creative clouds (received the message I needed to App Manager). Tried to install App Manager (got the message, I needed creative cloud). Tried Cleanup tool for CC and CS6. Always impossible to install CC desktop manager or Adobe Applications Manager. Running on Mac, Yosemite 10.10.3.

  See the link below:

  Of nowhere, cloud Creative works not

• Qosmio X 505-Q892 Desktop files and folders endangered

  As indicated by the name of the thread I encounter a weird problem I've never seen before, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem before where the files and folders on the desktop and files and folders within other folders just goes completely invisible are however still usable.

  Last night I had some strange lag on my computer so I restarted, everything loaded up just fine. I went to load Firefox and an excel spreadsheet to update on my spreadsheet work, and nothing went wrong. Save the file and went to open one that follows and everything in the folder disappeared. It's like everything just went invisible, I tried to move all my old files to the new folder on my computer from an external drive, and he said that all the files are still there. So I rebooted the computer again, and my entire office was empty except for my trash, so I did a system restore to see if it would be useful and done it in a way, but it only is half of the files and visible programs still. Half of my files are still invisible, the information is there and other programs can access the information, I just can't access it myself via records (if it makes no sense to me).

  Now, I know the difficulty more easy for this would be completely clean up the computer and start again, but I have no boot disks and that you don't have any idea how to get half of the drivers and all back, I'm decent with computers, but this part goes beyond the knowledge that I have. Any person in charge of helping a confused man? @. @ I just want to get my files usable again as they are normally...

  It looks like Windows 7 common bug where it is not refresh the list of files. If you press F5, you should see the files appear.

• All my desktop files and library are missing in Windows 7

  Need help, I have a windows 7 Ultimate OS on an old Dell XPS of 3 years. Operating system implemented at level of Windows Vista home for more than a year. Last week, when I connected, I noticed that all my desktop files were missing. Library of the missing files (including photos, videos, music & docs). Whats funny is that none of the files are missing. However, all possible files in each folder are missing. There is no way that I could have them was deleted by mistake, can not think of a keyboard shortcut to clear all the files, but leave the files. I run avast antivirus, set to day & works perfectly well. No application installs & the only windows update I see around this event was for MS silverlight.

  I backed up all possible files using a recovery agent & the thought of doing a clean reinstall of the operating system. PS - My research on the net has returned no results for this problem. Looking for all entries before going to come & clean clean my system. THX in advance
   
  * original title - need help with Windows 7, all the missing files *.

  Here are the steps I recommend:

  1. Open the computer and open your folder C:\Users.
  2. Right-click on the folder of your user name and select Properties.  Unset as hidden, and then click OK.

     You will be asked what you want to apply the changes.  Choose JUST THE FOLDER.  Although it seems appropriate, are not select subfolders, because some things down there, including the appdata folders and as such, must be hidden.

  3. Then go inside your userfolder and select all your folders accessible by the typical user (downloads, Documents, photos, video, etc.) and disabled the option down on those.  This time, pouvez you use the option 'apply to all subfolders and files '.
  That will get you squared away back.

• Error message: "cannot find this file" and songs seem to disappear from Windows Media Player 11.

  Original title: my songs seem to disappear from windows media player 11

  I make a playlist and some of the songs come with a "cannot find this file" dialog box I click on 'place to open the file' and the song is there but will not play. Help, I'm losing songs at an alarming rate.

  Hi Akledge,

  1. this happens only for songs with a specific file format?

  2. What is the full error message that you receive?

  3. have you made a recent software or hardware changes to the system?

  Method 1:

  You can try to start the Windows Media Player (WMP) Fixit from link and check if it helps:

  Solve the problems of Windows Media Player video and other media or library

  For more information, see the article:

  Error message when you type the name of a file to play with Windows Media Player: "Cannot open file."

  Method 2:

  If the problem persists, you can visit the article to rebuild the WMP library and check if it helps

  You cannot view, add, or delete items in the library of Windows Media Player 11

  Note: Windows Media Player automatically rebuilds the database.

• Why all my desktop icons and the start bar disappear, but my document file will pop out every time I have to connect to my computer? but I ady scan my comp. is not a virus...

  I already tried a solution on another site... He asks me to type "explorer.exe" to the new task. but it does not help. the same folder 'My documents' eject too... until I have type 'microsoft word' den that my start bar n desktop icon appear but not the words of microsoft. What really is the problem? Please help me T_T

  Hi micoxmlc0,

  1 - is it disappear and come back after a time or will not return at all?

  Step 1:

  You can try to boot in safe mode and see if the problem persists or not.

  You can check the following link to start in safe mode with networking

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315222

  Step 2:

  You can also check in the new user account.

  See the article:

  How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/279783

  Hope this information is useful.

• Files and Internet favorites have disappeared

  All my files in the folder my documents have disappeared and so have my internet Favorites.  I have not recently made anything out of an ordinary day, that they were simply not there.  I have a G60 with Vista and use Kaspersky.  The strange thing is that if I open Word, some of my documents is still listed under recent documents.  I can open and edit them but they are not where in the folder my documents (I could re - save in the documents folder, but are not my other folders, which one where this doc would always be there).   Help, please.

  Hello

  Maybe it's your records have become hidden from the operating system.

  A handy utility to view all the files on your PC is called Commander free of charge, on the link below, because it shows files that the operating system normally hides, or which have become hidden and has a search function.

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/PHP/download.php?id=107872&a=7122339&tag=601108&loc=10

  It is a zipped file.  If you do not have an extraction utility installed, download and install 7-Zip , which can be used to open it so that you can run the Setup program.

  When it is installed, run the application and use it to browse to where your files should be and see if they are actually still there.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• Cannot find the files and shortcuts do not work

  I'll try and make this as short as possible.

  I was moving things in and out of Dropbox on my desk. I decided that I didn't want a certain folder in there, so I brought in My Documents. When I checked later, the record was missing video files. (In fact, lack of everything, but I found other files always in Dropbox). Shortcuts for the videos I find lead anywhere tell me the question was "moved or changed" and when I click Properties, it tells me the path won't and I can't do anything. Oddly enough, I could get a video, but it was. I have not removed anything, so I know that they are not in the bin. I also believe, when I click on "location of the file," at least a few of them refer to a folder, I don't think I even had yet! Yet he says that this is the video. As it is not even hint to the ones I lost. I'm sorry, this must all sounds very mixed, and it is a good way to put the State of me. If someone understands and thinks they can help, I'd really apperciate it!

  Hello

  1. How have you moved the file?

  Please follow the instructions in the link.

  Important: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756

  After you back up the registry, you can then go through the article

  "The file or folder does not exist" error in Windows Vista:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/949109

• My desktop icons and shortcuts have stopped working

  Remember - this is a public forum so never post private information such as numbers of mail or telephone!

  Ideas:

  • Recently, I downloaded the service pack 2 for Vista
  • Error messages
  • Recent changes to your computer
  • What you have already tried to solve the problem

  Go to http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/ and run the .lnk .exe program and file types.  That should restore the functionality on your desktop.

  If you have other types of files that do not work, see this article to change their: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6172036.html.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Whenever I restart my computer, all the files and the saved passwords disappear

  Whenever I turned my computer off and turn it on again the next time that all the files in the desktop, downloads, my saved passwords go away, what should I do?

  Original title: data in my computer

  You can have a corruption in your user profile. Create a new user, then log in the new credentials to see that behavior continues. If this isn't the case, transfer your downloads, documents and other personal files in the new log in and continue to use it.

• The desktop icons and taskbar disappear when windows has finished starting - any of the usual things help

  I have a Windows XP Home Edition with a breath main card computer.  Replaced the Board, PS and other items.  Then re-activated windows and everything was fine.  Until the last moment, I rebooted after activating it.  I have the problem that I have seen posted in a bit.  When Windows has finished initializing all the desktop icons and task bar etc. disappear.  Nothing works.

  I can bring up the Task Manager and manually run programs, etc.

  Believe me when I say I spent reviewing EACH reference to this problem... Yes 5 days and counting... Tried them all.

  I also tried a repair of windows in place which ends without any problem (twice)... but still no icons or taskbar.  I also ran several controls of virus, including one for the virus, which is usually the cause of this problem.  (fsnimda3.exe), I tried all the ideas in another thread (page 9) and many other institutions.  Before I did the reconstruction of the material I've cloned the original hard drive and have used the disc cloned juggling his original for the back.  Even tried to reinstall the old disk and do a comparison of sector by sector, in the case where my cloning process missed something.  In the 30 years I've been in the computer business I have never had a re - format a hard drive to solve a problem.  BUT I think it will break my record.

  I'm doing this as a favor for a friend.  But at this point our friendship is really put to the test

  Hello

  This thread has been created in wrong forum; Microsoft moderation team has moved this thread to the system repair and recovery forum.

• My desktop icons and toolbar and start programs disappeered after getting a virus.

  My desktop icons and toolbar and start programs disappeered after getting a virus.

  I deleted the virus.

  No idea how to get back them?

  Hi Matt,
  Some infections of virus/malware will hide all files and shortcuts on your computer. To make your files visible again, download display on your desktop.
   
  Once downloaded, double-click display and let it run. It removes the attribute hidden on all files and attempt to restore items in quick launch and Start Menu to their location.
  If you think that your computer is still infected, try following the steps in this virus/malware removal guide: http://www.selectrealsecurity.com/malware-removal-guide

  It contains instructions which will remove most malware infections. If you have any questions, just ask me. I hope this helps you.

  Brian

• Receive the error message "you have been connected with a temporary profile, in this profile, you can access saved files and something new created or added to this profile will not be saved"

  Original title: temporary profile

  I was wondering if anyone can help... I have a compaq laptop, windows 8 and the last few times ive turned on n signed in its took much longer than usual and connect to a temporary profile where it seems that everything I had there before such as files and photos have already disappeared. But it then opens with a message saying something along the lines of. . "You have been logged on with a temporary profile, in this profile, you can access saved files and any new tjing created or added to this profile will not be saved" does anyone know how solve this...

  Hi Lucie,.

  Activation of the built-in Administrator account can help get the problem solved.

  Perform the steps suggested by Pinaki displayed from the link below and see if it helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-system/Windows-8-keeps-loading-with-temporary-profile/583abee6-645D-42a1-88da-063547c6eea0

  Answer please if you have any questions.