Question Desktop : unavailable moved or deleted

[zpuskas]

Yes, pretty much.

BUT...do NOT do this without a know good full drive Image of your current C drive.
It is very easy to make a mistake, and have the whole thing go away.


Try that partition shrinkage on your D drive first.

OK, it seems to work. I can, at least, pin apps to the taskbar and copy and paste images and files to the Desktop. I can't see the Libraries, but I think (?) I can live without them for now.

 

[USAFRet]

OK, it seems to work. I can, at least, pin apps to the taskbar and copy and paste images and files to the Desktop. I can't see the Libraries, but I think (?) I can live without them for now.

OK.
Let those wait for your next OS reinstall...😉

 

[zpuskas]

OK.
Let those wait for your next OS reinstall...😉

Right, like never. Ill probably need a new computer before that happens. Again, thanks for your help, I think I'm good for a while.

 

[zpuskas]

Then make E: drive.
Shrink some existing partition.
Create/format a new partition in freed up space and
assign drive letter E: to this new partition.

Thanks for the suggestion, it worked well.

 

[SkyNetRising]

You can also change Desktop location this way:

Open regedit and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

Find item Desktop and
change value to
c:\users\<your_user_name>\Desktop

Same place you can also find, where locations for other libraries are - like
Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures, Documents
and fix them, so none point to nonexisting E: drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Let those wait for your next OS reinstall...😉

OS reinstall is extreme and unnecessary.

It would be enough to just make a new user profile (recreate user account).
It would get all the default libraries locations.

 

[zpuskas]

You can also change Desktop location this way:

Open regedit and find
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

Find item Desktop and
change value to
c:\users\<your_user_name>\Desktop

Same place you can also find, where locations for other libraries are - like
Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures, Documents
and fix them, so none point to nonexisting E: drive.

I don't see the HKEY line. It goes from HHCtrl.systemsort.666 to hlpfile. (I'm assuming it all goes in alpha order) And I do have an E: drive now since I made the partition and that's how I got this computer to work in some manner. It doesn't work when I try to save files to the Desktop since it defaults to an non-existing F: drive.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I don't see the HKEY line. It goes from HHCtrl.systemsort.666 to hlpfile.

I have no idea, what you're talking about.
Open regedit first.

This is regedit:

 

[zpuskas]

I have no idea, what you're talking about.
Open regedit first.

This is regedit:

Yes, I opened regedit and this is what I get Link

 

[SkyNetRising]

Yes, I opened regedit and this is what I get Link

Maximize regedit window.
Then use scroll-bars.
Go all the way up.
Then close HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree and
open HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

 

[zpuskas]

Maximize regedit window.
Then use scroll-bars.
Go all the way up.
Then close HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree and
open HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

That did it! Everything seems to be working as it should. I can save to desktop, etc. Many thanks for your help!