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My PC is working really normal before update. After I update my windows 10 the system show this message.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable. If the location is on this PC, make sure the device or drive is connected or the disc is inserted, and then try again. If the location is on a network, make sure you're connected to the network or internet, and then try again. If the location still can't be found, it might have been moved or deleted. - OK
Then I click ok after that I only see recycle bin and task bar, which can not do anything background is black, so I restart by using ctrl+alt+delete and run safe mode(safe mode with network).
In safe mode it has no This PC it just has recycle bin and some program and I can't open any file location of any program after that I turn off my pc for 30 sec then open it the result is
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is not accessible
Access is denied. -OK
Only recycle bin and task bar and black background again.
I have no idea to fix this problem any more. Please I really need some help. THANK YOU. My English is not professional I hope you understand my message.
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Hi Thirut,
Open Windows File Explorer
On the View Ribbon, check the box marked 'Hidden Items'
C:\users\Default\
Right click and copy the Desktop folder contained in the Default Folder
Navigate to: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile
Right click and Paste the Desktop folder into the systemprofile folder
Restart (not shut sown) your PC
It just so happens that I've backed up everything on three portable HD's the day before, since the second time Salmonella spun the hard drive for hours on end, so I got really concerned.
I learned with '98 that reinstalling Winduhs while "keeping your files intact" was a house of cards. In other words, the Registry was hosed. Certain user installed programs worked, others didn't, some worked only partly. So I believe in backups. Can't understand how some don't.
Hang in there, and again, thanks for your time. If only Salmonella Inc. was as helpful as you've offered to be.
Normally I create a full backup before any major functions, but was super tired and forgot this time. If I'd spent less than an hour I would have saved half a days time.
Good luck.
mkoyskip:
Actually, you did just fine. No doubt it'll help someone else.
I created that USB "rescue" on this little laptop I'm now using. Didn't work. I tried a couple of command line items, no go.
Linux shows no partitions at all. Looks like Recovery wiped the HD and simply squatted.
Gone are the common sense days when companies like HP shipped their computers with Recovery Discs. In the mail today came a USB stick for reinstalling Salmonella OS. 40 frickin' dollars. Plus tax and shipping. Still waiting for the SSD drive I ordered.
I think of all the years the Doritos encrusted Linux losers could have been sitting on top of the world because of Salmonella's crap, (spyware, not giving the user total control over "updates", not fixing what destroys mechanical drives via extreme uncontrollable usage, etc) but no, for them dwelling in the basement reigns Supreme.
Damn right I'm mad. This goes way beyond a so-called "class action suit".
Thanks again for your response.
Maybe I can explain my solution better....
Took less than 30 minutes once I figured this out. Good luck!
