Deleted desktop folder in Windows 10
My entire Desktop folder has been accidentally deleted while I tried to execute an uninstaller for a free software (Pencil) which was lying on my Desktop.
I double clicked the uninstaller and a popup message came up which I ássumed as a standard prompt to confirm un-installation and clicked OK/Yes in a hurry. This started deleting each one of the files/folders from my desktop right in front of my eyes.
Before I could react, all the files were gone from the Desktop and I was left with just the Recycle Bin folder on the Desktop. In fact the folder 'Desktop' is also gone now.
This is on my home laptop which I do not use very often but is shared by others in my family who put their documents on the Desktop directly most of the times.
I have read thoroughly in the last one hour on this topic and did google but cannot find anything relevant to my situation.
I have already checked the items below:
- Checked the Recycle Bin and arranged contents by 'Date Deleted' and the recent most entry is from 4 day ago
- Right clicked on the empty desktop -> View -> Show Desktop Icons. This option is enabled already and I can see the Recycle Bin folder icon on the desktop
- Each time I open the Explorer, I get an popup alert as below saying "... /Deskop is unavailable".
I checked the Home folder (my username is Home - %userprofile%) and looked into its properties, but unfortunately it doesn't have previous versions so that I could get my Desktop folder along with its contents from a previous version of the parent folder Home.
I do not know what to do now, any ideas? I am trying to avoid restarting my laptop thinking that restarting may convert this problem into a unsolvable one. Please help!
41 Answer
Recovery program is what I used when I deleted Windows 10 Desktop in an early version of Windows 10. I cannot recommend System Restore in Windows 10. Doing a repeat test it only restored folders & shortcuts and PROGRAMS. If you have many programs on Desktop you are in luck.
