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I recently found that the folder "Desktop" was somehow located under "Searches". I attempted to move it so that it would be under my name (as I'm listed under "Users". Instead "Desktop" is now at the top of the folders file.
If you go to OS (C:) then "Users", then pick my name, on the left under "Folders" you will see:
Desktop
My Name
Public
Computer
Network
Control Panel
Recycle Bin
All Photos
Desktop Items (a folder I had created to put stray items in)
and two other folders I created for my desktop
I really see this as a mess and I don't know how to move, rename or fix that "Desktop" folder. I, of course, don't want to lose any of my work.
Thank you for any help.
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I am not PA Bear. He believe all problems are caused by Norton and McAfee anti virus programs. His posts to you are basically about removing those programs including old trial versions that may have been preinstalled on your computer.
This approach is very unlikely to help your specific problem. It may clear up other niggles your system may have and improve performance slightly.
The fact your computer is still working makes me think maybe you have moved the hidden file desktop.ini from the desktop folder into the Users folder. This will cause the Users folder to display the name desktop (in whatever language Windows is set for) as it's name.
To clarify, I'm doing this to be able to restore the mess I made of my documents folder, correct?
Kinda/sorta. You're doing this in hopes that itmight restore the mess you (?) you made - but chances are there will be (much) more to do.
See my colleague David's replies.
Okay, I still don't have time to try any fixes today but I want to make sure that I'm fixing the problem when I do and not creating more of them. My problem, that I created, is that I somehow, in trying to move files, moved the wrong ones. I went too fast and clicked okay when it asked me if I really wanted to do this and, as I thought I knew what I was doing, clicked okay and moved the wrong things around. If you see the notes on how my files look, it doesn't even give the full situation as there are several "desktop" folders some of which contain what was originally on my desktop.
I know this has nothing to do with Norton or McAfee.
The main part of the problem is that everything seems to be in a folder(?) called desktop which was once my name. Now my name and everything else is in this desktop folder (not sure if it's a file). If I could take a screenshot and display that, you'd see what I mean and the fact that there is another desktop in the "my name" folder too, as a matter of fact there are two of them. I am having a difficult time finding things on the computer now and some of the things that appear to be on my actual desktop are not really there. I hope this makes sense. Please let me know which of the instructions I should be following. Thank you.
Suit yourself, it's your computer.
But I can guarantee you that those McAfee "leftovers" & your injudicious use of registry cleaners have been causing other problems and may sabotage our efforts to correct the "messed up folders" problem.
Good luck.
