One day out of blue my text files and folders on my desktop disappear and I am unable to find them. Also, I am unable to access some of my file as the computer said I do find access to files.
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Can you post a picture, or dir listing of your desktop folder?
Open explorer, and go to desktop - under This PC, select details view
Has a new user profile been created - the files are still there but under the old (possibly corrupted) user profile folder(s) ?
As stated, If your User Profile became corrupted or Windows could not load it at Startup, it would load a Default Profile, this would not have any of your Desktop Icons or other User files.
Browse to C:\Users\[YourUserName] and you should find your files, look under the Desktop folder for your Desktop icons.
Do you have a Screenshot of C:\Users from File (Windows) Explorer?Windows does not have a folder All users. It is a link to C:\ProgramData folder, in other words when you Search or run command DIR "C:\Users\All Users", it lists the content of folder C:\ProgramData.
You can use ShadowExplorer to copy deleted files from restore points.
ShadowExplorer.com - Downloads
"Windows does not have a folder All users. It is a link to C:\ProgramData folder, in other words when you Search or run command DIR "C:\Users\All Users", it lists the content of folder C:\ProgramData."
Not quite sure where this quote comes from above, or what message in this thread it refers to (??), but it's not true. The All Users folder is in the C:\Users folder, but it's a hidden operating systems folder, not visible unless settings are changed
All Users is a protected operational systems folder, it should not be visible to you. That error is to be expected. The only folders you should see are Default, [username] and Public.
What you need to look for in C:\Users is a folder of another username other than yours. Screenshot as suggested above will help.
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