I have been struggling along with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on a new i7 machine for about a year and have a habit of creating shortcuts on my Desktops leading to things like folders, documents, spreadsheets, pictures to which I expect to want quick access. I normally access them by opening Windows Explorer and clicking on the word "Desktop" in the left pane which then gives me a A - Z list, in the right pane, of everything on my Desktop.
Today I spent several hours on MS Publisher trying to see if I could print background colour all the way to all edges of the pages in a A5 booklet card - without success.
My problem is that when I now open Windows Explorer I can no longer see Desktop listed in the left pane. I know I can access my needed items by going to C:\ > Users > MyName and clicking on "Desktop" but that is a laborious process. I have done a System Restore to a point yesterday when I know I could find "Desktop" in the normal way in Windows Explorer.
Can anyone please tell me how make the link to Desktop once again visible in the left pane of my Windows Explorer ?
I am 84 years of age and a bit slow with too much technicality so a detailed explanation would be much appreciated, thanks.
beejay.
Today I spent several hours on MS Publisher trying to see if I could print background colour all the way to all edges of the pages in a A5 booklet card - without success.
My problem is that when I now open Windows Explorer I can no longer see Desktop listed in the left pane. I know I can access my needed items by going to C:\ > Users > MyName and clicking on "Desktop" but that is a laborious process. I have done a System Restore to a point yesterday when I know I could find "Desktop" in the normal way in Windows Explorer.
Can anyone please tell me how make the link to Desktop once again visible in the left pane of my Windows Explorer ?
I am 84 years of age and a bit slow with too much technicality so a detailed explanation would be much appreciated, thanks.
beejay.
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit or Windows XP Pro (...Intel Core i7 CPU 750 @ 3.07GHz4 x 2GB Kingston DDR3NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Generic desktop
- OS
- Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit or Windows XP Pro (see Hard Drives)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 CPU 750 @ 3.07GHz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
- Memory
- 4 x 2GB Kingston DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400GT
- Sound Card
- on board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 14 x 17" plus 1 x 19" CRT monitors (VGA)
- Screen Resolution
- 1024 x 768
- Hard Drives
- 3 x Seagate SATA2 500GB x 7200RPM in two mobile racks.
One rack for my data drive and the other swappable between XP Pro and Win7 64-bit (see "Other Info" for more details).
- PSU
- Thermaltake 550W
- Case
- Thermaltake Wing RS 301
- Cooling
- Large fans
- Keyboard
- MS MultiMedia Keyboard 1.0A
- Mouse
- MS IntelliMouse Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible
- Internet Speed
- Broadband 2+ (speed very variable)
- Other Info
- I have 3 hard drives and my case has 2 Welland trayless mobile racks. The drive in the lower rack is recognised as F: drive which contains all my data and is normally not removed from the rack. The upper rack is used to accept a drive on which there is an operating system and programs, either Win7 64-bit or (occasionally) Windows XP Pro.
