Preventing automatic removal of broken desktop shortcuts


  1. hkBattousai
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Preventing automatic removal of broken desktop shortcuts


    I have two external harddrives which I'm using for archiving purposes, because of that they are turned off most of the time. I have some shortcuts on the desktop to some directories on these external harddisks.

    Windows occasionally removes these desktop shortcuts. It happens when the harddisks are turned off. I think it thinks that the shortcuts are broken and no longer needed, and tries to clean the desktop up.

    How do I prevent this behavior?

    (OS Version: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1)
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello hkBattousai,

    This sounds like the work of the System Maintenance Troubleshooter. If you like, you can turn it off using the tutorial below to stop this.

    System Maintenance Troubleshooter - Turn On or Off

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
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  4. kado897
    Posts : 10,455
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Service Pack 1
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    It's system maintenance that is doing it. You can turn it off. System Maintenance Troubleshooter - Turn On or Off


    Damn. Too slow again.
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  6. hkBattousai
    Posts : 64
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Brink said:
    Hello hkBattousai,

    This sounds like the work of the System Maintenance Troubleshooter. If you like, you can turn it off using the tutorial below to stop this.

    System Maintenance Troubleshooter - Turn On or Off

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
    I saw that Troubleshooting was open by default. I closed it.

    This was happening once in a few months. I will wait a few months to see if it would work; and eventually will post the result here.

    I just hope that Troubleshooter would put me in trouble again...
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