Recovering files-HELP!!!!

[Jake]

>-----Original Message-----
>I have window xp as my operating system. This morning
>when I woke up and booted up the computer, I found that
>ALL my folders and files that were saved on the desktop
>were GONE!!! I swear they were there last night when I
>shut down the computer... Can anyone tell me what
>happened and how to restore those files? Thanks a lot!
>
>Sandra
>.
>There are no files on your desktop only icons and
shortcuts to programs on your PC. You can look at your
files by using Windows Explorer. Just type EXPLORER in
Search and double click it. Your files are NOT lost!

[Ted]

-----Original Message-----
> I have window xp as my operating system. This morning=20
> when I woke up and booted up the computer, I found that=20
> ALL my folders and files that were saved on the desktop=20
> were GONE!!! I swear they were there last night when I=20
> shut down the computer... Can anyone tell me what=20
> happened and how to restore those files? Thanks a lot!


You may just have the "Show Desktop Icons" unchecked on the desktop =
properties. Right click on your desktop, , then "Arrange Icons by" and =
click on "Show Desktop Icons".

[rifleman]

In ,
Jake > contemplated the little bit of fluff in his navel and
typed:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I have window xp as my operating system. This morning
>> when I woke up and booted up the computer, I found that
>> ALL my folders and files that were saved on the desktop
>> were GONE!!! I swear they were there last night when I
>> shut down the computer... Can anyone tell me what
>> happened and how to restore those files? Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Sandra
>> .
>> There are no files on your desktop only icons and
> shortcuts to programs on your PC.

Rubbish! It's QUITE possible to save a file to the desktop other than an
Icon or shortcut.


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[Ken Blake]

In , Jake wrote:

> There are no files on your desktop only icons and
> shortcuts to programs on your PC.


As usual from you, completely false. There are whatever files on
his desktop he put there. *You* may have nothing but shortcuts
there, but that doesn't mean the same is true of everyone.

--
Ken Blake
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[Sandra]

Ted,
The "Show Desktop Icons" was on and I can see "MY
coomputer" and other program shortcuts alright but I just
couldn't see all the files and folders that I saved on
the deskstop. I also noticed that my hard drive size
becomes smaller now. Does it mean that I lost
everything? I checked the recycle bin and only saw those
files that I intentionally deleted a few days ago. I
also did a file/folder search on my hard drive and found
nothing? Any advice???

Sandra

>-----Original Message-----
>
>-----Original Message-----
>> I have window xp as my operating system. This morning
>> when I woke up and booted up the computer, I found
that
>> ALL my folders and files that were saved on the
desktop
>> were GONE!!! I swear they were there last night when I
>> shut down the computer... Can anyone tell me what
>> happened and how to restore those files? Thanks a lot!
>
>
>You may just have the "Show Desktop Icons" unchecked on
the desktop properties. Right click on your desktop, ,
then "Arrange Icons by" and click on "Show Desktop Icons".
>.
>