The thread title says it all. In order to get my desktop files and folders to appear I have to right click and go to View. Most of the time the files/folders will then appear. Sometimes I have to also go down to "Show desktop icons" before they appear. But previously they have always appeared automatically when I boot my computer.
Does anyone know why this new development and if it can be fixed?
Nikilet,
The more common remedy is to right-click then select Refresh.
I also suffer from this from time to time and have never found a solution.
- I did search for solutions at first and I wasted whole days of my life following through steps that sometimes had an effect for as long as half an hour.
- There is no remedy because there is no diagnosis.
- Other than rebooting & hoping, I do not bother doing anything about it any more.
Denis
The old Windows 7 fix for this may still work, it's worth a try. Save the following as a .reg file and merge into your registry.
But unfortunately it's a common long-term problem with Windows which can apparently have multiple causes, and there's no guarantee you'll find a fix that works for you.Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{BDEADE7F-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}\Instance]
"dontrefresh"=dword:00000000
Thanks for your responses. If there isn't a sure fix for it, I guess I can live with it. Just a nuisance.
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