Folder disappears fromk desktop!

Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet be
present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on here?
This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is this just a
Windows 'glitch?'

Oreally

On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet
> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on
> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is
> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>
> Oreally

Different users have different desktops?
Are you logged in as the user of that desktop?

Ed

Yes...The folder was showing up for a couple of days and then it vanished. I
had to copy the folder from Windows Explorer to another folder and then back
to the desktop. As mentioned... Not the first time this has happened!

"Ed Cryer" wrote in message news:j04cpa$5kg$...

On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet
> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on
> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is
> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>
> Oreally

Different users have different desktops?
Are you logged in as the user of that desktop?

Ed

On 7/19/2011 12:08 PM, OREALLY wrote:
> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet
> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on
> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is
> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>
> Oreally

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On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet
> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on
> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is
> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>
> Oreally

Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed to do
that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
Store your data in your User account folders.
You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your desktop -
the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
>> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view)
>> yet
>> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going
>> on
>> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer).
>> Is
>> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>>
>> Oreally
>
> Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed
> to do that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
> Store your data in your User account folders.
> You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your
> desktop - the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.

<cough> <sputter> What?!? It is a directory (folder for you young
'uns) on a hard disk, of course it is "designed to store data"! What
do you think a shortcut is? I'll give you a hint - DATA! Other than
visual and organizational clutter, there is *no* *reason* why you
shouldn't store anything you like in the Desktop folder. It may have
been *intended* by Microsoft as a place to store shortcuts, but that
aside it is no less appropriate as a general data storage location as
any other. Oh, and for the record, the Desktop folder is in your User
account folder.

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years in a row.

On 21/07/2011 12:02, Gordon wrote:
> On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
>> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view) yet
>> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going on
>> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer). Is
>> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>>
>> Oreally
>
> Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed to do
> that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
> Store your data in your User account folders.
> You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your desktop -
> the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.

Then Win7 should refuse to place folders there!
You've missed the point utterly. Win7 appears to have lost one.

Note to OP. Since they go missing from two separate OSes, might it be
something to do with your monitor adaptor settings? Losing edges of the
display, as can happen with some DPI settings?

Ed

On 21/07/2011 13:14, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> "Gordon"<> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
>>> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen view)
>>> yet
>>> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's going
>>> on
>>> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different computer).
>>> Is
>>> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>>>
>>> Oreally
>>
>> Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed
>> to do that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
>> Store your data in your User account folders.
>> You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your
>> desktop - the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.
>
> <cough> <sputter> What?!? It is a directory (folder for you young
> 'uns) on a hard disk, of course it is "designed to store data"

Google "corrupt Windows desktop" and see how many hits you get. About
3.4 MILLION.
And if you'd READ my post instead of pretending to cough and splutter,
you will see that I wrote "the desktop is a SPECIAL SYSTEM folder".
That is why it is NOT DESIGNED TO STORE DATA. What don't you understand
about that?

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:4e281b64$...
> On 07/21/2011 02:14 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
>> "Gordon"<> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
>>>> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen
>>>> view)
>>>> yet
>>>> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's
>>>> going
>>>> on
>>>> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different
>>>> computer).
>>>> Is
>>>> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>>>>
>>>> Oreally
>>>
>>> Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed
>>> to do that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
>>> Store your data in your User account folders.
>>> You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your
>>> desktop - the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.
>>
>> <cough> <sputter> What?!? It is a directory (folder for you
>> young
>> 'uns) on a hard disk, of course it is "designed to store data"!
>> What
>> do you think a shortcut is? I'll give you a hint - DATA! Other
>> than
>> visual and organizational clutter, there is *no* *reason* why you
>> shouldn't store anything you like in the Desktop folder. It may
>> have
>> been *intended* by Microsoft as a place to store shortcuts, but
>> that
>> aside it is no less appropriate as a general data storage location
>> as
>> any other. Oh, and for the record, the Desktop folder is in your
>> User
>> account folder.
>>
>
> If you like having your desktop taking ages to load, store gigabytes
> of data on in your desktop directory.
>

I don't do that, but I'm not averse to using it as a quick temporary
storage area so I don't have to go hunt something down or as a
long-term location to keep very frequently accessed items - whether
shortcuts or actual <gasp> "data" files! I see no reason not to do
so. Especially since if you extend the "Desktop" metaphor you would
not worry about putting a folder of project documents on your actual
desktop for a week or two since you are working on it actively, then
putting it away in your file drawer when done, or keeping a rolodex,
pictures of the family, etc. permanently on your desk. If it fits how
you work, why not?

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universe gets that.

"Gordon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 21/07/2011 13:14, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
>> "Gordon"<> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> On 19/07/2011 17:08, OREALLY wrote:
>>>> Occasionally a folder will disappear from the desktop (screen
>>>> view)
>>>> yet
>>>> be present in the Desktop Folder in Windows Explorer. What's
>>>> going
>>>> on
>>>> here? This happened with XP at times as well (different
>>>> computer).
>>>> Is
>>>> this just a Windows 'glitch?'
>>>>
>>>> Oreally
>>>
>>> Don't use the desktop to store data of any kind. It's not designed
>>> to do that. The Desktop folder is a special type of System folder.
>>> Store your data in your User account folders.
>>> You can of course set a SHORTCUT to various folders on your
>>> desktop - the Desktop folder is designed to store shortcuts.
>>
>> <cough> <sputter> What?!? It is a directory (folder for you
>> young
>> 'uns) on a hard disk, of course it is "designed to store data"
>
> Google "corrupt Windows desktop" and see how many hits you get.
> About 3.4 MILLION.

And if you Google "corrupt windows user folder" you get over 9 million
results, and "corrupt windows documents folder" returns 8 million
results. Your point?

> And if you'd READ my post instead of pretending to cough and
> splutter,

I did READ your post. (Though it is hard to do in all caps, I'll
admit. My eyes aren't as young as they used to be after all.)

> you will see that I wrote "the desktop is a SPECIAL SYSTEM folder".

What, exactly, makes it a "SPECIAL SYSTEM folder" (my, you do seem to
like capital letters don't you)? And what makes a "SPECIAL SYSTEM
folder" any less capable of storing arbitrary types of data? Can you
point to any Microsoft documentation supporting your assertion?

> That is why it is NOT DESIGNED TO STORE DATA.

(Again with the capital letters! You really should get your keyboard
checked out, it may be faulty...) It is still a directory on a hard
disk that resides in the User directory structure. By the very
definition of a directory on a hard disk it is designed to store data.
*Any* data. If Microsoft had not designed it to store certain types
of data, they would have prevented it or at the very least warned you
about doing so. Not to mention the fact that Microsoft themselves
regularly tell people to put files and folders on their desktop, in
their support forums, their Knowledge Base articles, MSDN, Technet,
etc. Seems they approve of the practice.

> What don't you understand about that?

What I don't understand is your seeming inability to understand that
the desktop is a folder like any other folder. And shortcuts are data
like any other data. Even if you want to limit the data you store on
the desktop to shortcuts, placing folders on the desktop to organize
your shortcuts is arguably a good thing. Maybe if I USED CAPITAL
LETTERS more often in my post it would HELP YOU to UNDERSTAND... Of
course, if you used cogent arguments and could express your points in
a logical manner it might help me and others understand what exactly
you are going on about.

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