Desktop shortcuts and folders disappearing but still virtually available on SSD
Hi,
I've had a bit of an issue today where I loaded up my PC (Windows 7) and half my desktop has disappeared, At the moment as I run dual monitors, when I first attached my second monitor many months ago some of my desktop icons were chucked to the right and
some to the left but with this case they have disappeared.
When I shut down my PC last night everything was okay and nothing was missing (I did install a few game updates last night but that is the norm for me) Today, the shortcuts that are missing are still available on my SSD (:D) drive which is set as first boot
order. I can search to the desktop folder on the SSD and all shortcuts are intact. The desktop currently running is from my standard hard drive (:C) which was more of a backup and for space. On the "My Computer" screen i'm 100% sure my SSD was first
in the list (left in list) but it appears now to have switched with my regular hard drive
Can anyone tell me a way to reverse this? i've tried system restore but as it assumes my last restore point was the windows updates that installed today (As the only restore points it looks for is the hard drive and not SSD)
I would really appreciate any help.
Thanks
Hello Jason2710,
This can happen if the the System Maintenance troubleshooter detects the shortcuts as broken.
For more information, please refer to the following article.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/978980
Best regards,
Fangzhou CHEN
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