Desktop issues

[mikenalley]

When I save something to the desktop it doesn't appear on the desktop. It goes into a desktop folder at Users/mike/desktop, apparently the desktop showing on my screen is a system desktop. any help to fix this would be appreciated. May be a stupid question.

 

[richc46]

How long has this been happening?

How did you get Seven, clean install, upgrade or preinstalled?

 

[mikenalley]

Clean install

 

[mikenalley]

A couple of weeks since I noticed it.

 

[richc46]

Did it just start and any circumstances that we should know about. Did you change something?

 

[richc46]

Do a system restore

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html

 

[mikenalley]

Mine id c:/users/mike/desktop, but when I save I have to go to start, Mike and double click Desktop to find the folder, it doesn't go straight to the screen desktop.

 

[mikenalley]

I have a feeling I have 2 Desktop folders and the wrong one is on the screen.

 

[richc46]

If it just started, try system restore.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Just to make sure, right click an empty spot on the desktop to see if there's a check at "Show ... "

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[mikenalley]

It is checked, but when I save a file it shows up in a desktop folder at users/mike/desktop, but not as an icon on the monitor desktop. My workaround now is a shortcut to this folder, now called desktop 2. When I open this folder, there is the file I tried to save to the desktop onscreen.

 

[mikenalley]

Thanks guys, I guess I will try a system restore.

 

[richc46]

It really should work. Wish you luck, too.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Be sure to post back with an update.

 

[Jacee]

I've created a folder that is on my desk called ' my desktop' ... I have a lot of other folders in that folder, but it is on the desktop.