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I ran the October update and lost my Desktop folder. After install, a dialog box appears: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable ...
by chriscareycode 8y ago
I ran the October update and lost my Desktop folder.
After install, a dialog box appears:
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable ..."
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoOut of curiosity... why was your desktop folder there? That is a really weird place for it.
- Zuider 8y agoSystemprofile just hosts configuration files including one which links to the Desktop folder. The OS is either not finding the data or is unable to read it. The actual Desktop folder is probably still present in its usual location.
- rincebrain 8y agoI _think_ that may be a magic symlink/bind mount equivalent that gets remapped to the running user's location.
- JonathonW 8y ago"C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\" is the profile folder (%USERPROFILE%) for the LocalSystem account; it doesn't normally have a desktop folder. If Windows is trying to find your desktop folder there when you log on interactively, something's gone horribly wrong (but, frankly, that doesn't surprise me with the 1809 update).