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Missing files from desktop.
I've been a bit lazy recently, saving image and text files to the desktop temporarily, with the intention of deleting them once i had no need of them anymore. Needless to say some files i still need and somehow they have just disappeared and i'd like to find them.
After some time troubleshooting what was initially a problem finding/restoring my missing firefox profile (another issue i'm still working on), i noticed the desktop didn't load properly, shortcuts and files were missing. After some time the desktop "junk" recovered itself in the background whilst i was in firefox, half my icons had returned, then after another few moments i had it all back. I deleted some of the useless files to clear some space and look for a file there i was told i needed for firefox after a browser crash, with no luck. I thought maybe a reboot would reset what might have been a bad boot. Maybe reset the memory. Only the icons are gone again, but with the exception of one of the random text files.
I'm completely stumped on this one. The files were gone, then they weren't and now they're mostly gone again. Someone on another site with a similar issue was told it might be a corrupt user profile? Anyway, i have a feeling my missing firefox profile and this problem are connected. Firefox had a brain fart last night whilst i was using it, asked me to reconfirm my login details for sites that usually remember it and i didn't take much notice. But my entire history, along with bookmarks is gone.
Help with resolving either would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Here's some more info. The desktop "folder" shows just that one text file as well so there is some consistency there, but i decided to do a search for a file that was on the desktop i remembered the name of. The file still seems to be there. Windows is telling me the file is on the desktop and i even opened it and viewed the file, i just can't see it on the desktop. If the file is there and accessible maybe the firefox profile isn't related. I'm glad the data seems to still physically be there, but it would be nice to resolve the problem of not being able to see it.