Windows 10 - Strange Disk Issue

[Martin_14]

I booted up my PC today to find that my desktop had mysteriously hidden all of my shortcut icons. My taskbar was untouched, just everything else had disappeared.

Things got a lot worse when I tried to look into my Desktop folder in Windows Explorer. It scanned the folder for about 10 seconds before Explorer crashes. This happens every time. All of my C:/ missing from Explorer - when I tried to go through Steam to launch a random installed game, the application just crashed. Explorer won't even open now.

What's the problem here? Is this some kind of weird virus (that will then require to reinstall Windows 10?). I do torrent a a couple of things a week -- mostly US TV shows -- but could a virus have snuck in that way? Or is this a different issue altogether?

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Just to be sure run a complete virus/malware cleanup.

Here's some tips and tools you can use:
http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1691891/removing-malware-proven-completely-remove-bitcoin-mining-malware.html

If this won't solve the issue, perform a System Restore bring it back to an earlier date or time before the problem happen.
- Click Start then Settings, Click on Update & Recovery.
- Click Recovery on the left pane and you'll see Open System Restore on the right pane.
- Choose the restore point that you would like to bring it back to an earlier date, click Next and Finish.