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scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member -  
madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello,

Hello, I cut/pasted my PC's desktop to an external hard drive, and I no longer have a desktop on my PC "Folder E:\desktop nonexistent"
The same goes for "compression Desk which is no longer available. I restored the system with no result.
How can I transfer it back to my PC...
Thank you for your response

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    scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    I wanted to thank you all for the valuable help you have given me.

    The ".bat" file from "pistouri" was THE KEY to the desktop problem.

    I wanted to acknowledge your efforts while responding thoroughly to each one.

    Thanks again to all of you.
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  2. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
     
    Hello
    What a funny idea :-) What was the purpose of the maneuver?

    Now it is indeed complicated, what do you mean by I restored the system? And how?
    Best regards
    --
    "We swallow the flattering lie in large gulps and we drink the bitter truth drop by drop."
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  3. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    Yes, I know, it's not smart.

    I wanted to free up some space, so I used the "Treesize Free" program, which gave me a tree view of all the files on my PC, and I noticed that the desktop was quite loaded and... since I'm a super little smart one... I
    cut and pasted the desktop to my external hard drive, which means that now my desktop only works if I plug in the external hard drive. Honestly... I regret it...
    I then reset the PC... to no avail.
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    1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      At the risk of repeating myself:
      what do you mean by I restored the system? And how? Be specific.
      Because a reinstallation/reset should have solved this.
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  4. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     


    The image does not display but I went to settings/recovery/reset this PC / option "keep my files"
    but since I moved everything to my external hard drive, I think I need to transfer the desktop back to its location, right?
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155
       
      Hello,

      Deleting the desktop folder hastily does not prevent it from being a system folder in the registry.

      Copying it the other way to C:\Users\xxx\ should suffice, as Windows restores its properties to any folder named Desktop that contains (hidden) desktop.ini files that characterize it.

      I have proof that the daily backup of my desktop to another partition does not create it as a mere folder, but indeed with the system icon of the desktop due to these desktop.ini files.
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  6. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    I'll keep you posted
    thank you
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  7. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    Message before connecting my external hard drive



    Place where I copied the desktop on PC



    Location of the desktop on my external hard drive



    Sorry to bother you but it's a real headache

    Thank you again
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  8. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
     
    And after copying the content, did you reboot?

    --
    "We swallow the flattering lie in large gulps and we drink the bitter truth drop by drop."
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    1. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
       
      affirmative ....

      I’m wracking my brain

      But if my external hard drive, on which I transferred the desktop, acts as a trigger to display that damned desktop ... can the reverse process work? It's not all that irreversible........

      grrrrrrrrrr
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      1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485 > scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member
         
        It's very possible that the registry got tangled up since it shouldn't happen :-)
        One option would be to perform what's called a "reset" of the Windows profile, if it's accessible via another profile. If there isn't one, check what happens in safe mode.

        In any case, the goal would be to delete the registry key of that profile. You can find it in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
        There, you need to look for the one corresponding to that profile and delete it.
        This cannot be done under the profile in question.

        This would force the creation of a brand new "empty profile" (without deleting the content of the faulty one).
        After recreation, it will "just" be a matter of copying the contents of each folder (music, photos, documents, etc.) into those of the new profile.

        Be careful that if the C: drive is almost full, it may cause issues.

        The other solution is to do a reinstallation of Windows, but you need to back up the data if there is no backup on that machine.
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      2. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485 > madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        Sometimes it's better to reinstall (after backing up the data) than to rack your brains for a thousand years.
        Weigh the ratio between lost time and reinstallation; a reinstallation takes a few hours but has a certain outcome. Fiddling around can sometimes take dozens of hours with no guarantee.
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      3. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3 > madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        Yes, it's true, but my PC doesn't want to reinstall Windows.
        I've tried the classic solution, and it doesn't want to know anything!
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  9. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    Yes... I see it's the S.... actually
    and a sfc /scannow followed by a DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
    would that work?
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    1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      who dares nothing... but I have big doubts since he cannot fix what no longer exists in his references, never had this case (if one of my users does it, I'll kill him LOL) so I never tried.
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  10. blackmefias_3350 Posted messages 711 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   69
     
    Hello,

    And would doing a "move" in the Admin command prompt not work?

    --
    Knowledge is acquired through experience, everything else is just information. A.Einstein
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    1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      I don't think changing the register will affect the situation.
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  11. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    Thank you for your help. I'll keep you updated as soon as I've made the adjustments.

    See you soon and thanks again.
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  12. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    I'm still a (desperate) case in point.

    Finally, a difficult problem to solve lol.

    But feel free to give me solutions, I'm always open to them lol.
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    1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      You have solutions, they have been given, there probably won't be any others because: what's broken is broken.
      Sorry.
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  13. blackmefias_3350 Posted messages 711 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   69
     
    Would simply reinstalling the OS not work?

    --
    Knowledge is acquired through experience, everything else is just information. A. Einstein
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    1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485
       
      Of course, but that's part of the solutions already suggested twice ;-)
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      1. blackmefias_3350 Posted messages 711 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   69 > madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        so never 2 without 3 ....
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      2. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155 > blackmefias_3350 Posted messages 711 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Right-click on Desktop in This PC (or in Explorer), properties, location. Result?

        Go to the registry, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

        The normal value on the right is: %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
        Result?

        If drive E:\ is system, it means that the value of %USERPROFILE% may have changed

        Open cmd.exe, type:

        echo %userprofile%

        Result?
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  14. pistouri Posted messages 19008 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 8 723
     
    Hello,

    Restore the default location of the Desktop folder.
    Save the .bat file ==► Desktop
    Put it on the Desktop
    Run the .bat file.
    The screen temporarily goes black when a command prompt opens and closes when the explorer restarts to apply the Registry changes
    Restart the PC.

    Next step
    Go to This PC -► Local Disk (C) -► User -► click on your username (Ttia for example)
    Right-click on Desktop -► rename
    Type instead -► Bureau
    Don't forget the B in uppercase.
    Restart your PC.

    @+

    --
    pistouri
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155
       
      Hello,

      He is only restoring the register values that I mentioned and that we can verify and modify manually if necessary.
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    2. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155 > brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      And in any case, we restore a blank desktop: all that's left to do is copy and paste its contents from the external drive.
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    3. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
       
      Thank you very much

      but it still remains
      that it doesn't recognize my PIN at startup and it won't change anything claiming an error, so I go through my admin password
      still: here is the brand new message that appears:


      do you see why?
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    4. pistouri Posted messages 19008 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   8 723 > scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member
       
      Hello,

      Try to repair or reset Cortana.
      ==► Win32BridgeServer.exe incorrect function
      @+
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    5. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3 > pistouri Posted messages 19008 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention  
       
      Thank you
      problem solved for Cortana
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  15. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    Re hello
    • Proposal from "Blackmefias_350 ==> Would simply reinstalling the OS not work?
    • My response ==> Not at all / my OS was lagging normally before the reboot / it restarted / displayed the same boot screen with identical configuration and... no longer recognized either my Microsoft admin password or my entry PIN.

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    So I forced the PC to shut down several times to return to the "Advanced startup options" screen. I did a System Restore ... and ..... here I am LOL.
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    I will proceed step by step:

    brucine 536 > blackmefias_3350

    1- Brucine suggested a maneuver, I'll do it, I'll return and respond

    Then I'll tackle the other proposals and let you know how it goes.
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        • By the way, thanks HB for your thoughts on the subject, surely very relevant but .... lol I didn't understand anything :-)

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    • Access:............... Desktops - folders and others impossible without connecting my external HD...

    HD Plugged == > see photos





    Response to the command prompt after "echo %userprofile% " ==> c/user/... (me)

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    I proceed for "pistouri 8 043"
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155
       
      There is no reason for E:\ to be a system folder if there is no operating system on it.

      The read-only attribute should be disabled in the window you showed.

      The system attribute can be disabled via the command prompt cmd.exe:

      ATTRIB -S E:\*.*

      For the registry key, click on Desktop and replace E:\Desktop with %USERPROFILE%\Desktop.
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  16. pistouri Posted messages 19008 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 8 723
     
    We are happy for you.
    You can mark the topic resolved
    Have a nice day.

    --
    pistouri
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    1. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
       
      soon loooool soon :-)
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  17. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3
     
    My God..... I thought, but well

    Here are 2 new messages



    and this



    can you help me again please?
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155
       
      There, as several previous speakers have mentioned, the worm is in the fruit.

      It will be just as quick to reinstall Windows 10 without data loss as it will be to try to find these faults now and probably others to follow.
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    2. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3 > brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      You are right... A thousand times right
      But I have a BRETON ticket... When it doesn't want to, it doesn't want to, boudiou!
      3 resets, 3 times impossible! Can you believe it? lol
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    3. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485 > scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member
       
      The reset is not a complete reinstallation of Windows.
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    4. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3 > madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
       
      do you have a radical solution to reinstall on a PC without a key, without a disk, and without a Windows backup?
      it's an ASUS and I know there's an internal system backup, but my PC doesn't want to reinstall WIN.... it can format my drives, that's for sure, but the rest..... negative.

      let me tell you, I tried a "sfc /scannow" as admin ==> it just goes in circles... it doesn't even analyze
      anyway
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    5. scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member 3 > scherzolo Posted messages 19 Status Member
       
      "sfc /scannow" in admin safe mode ==> everything is OK
      regarding security "wscvsc" ==> stopped and unable to restart

      following; Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
      "No component store corruption detected"
      which for
      Well... It's just an antivirus/firewall... there are others so it's not a big deal but...

      do you know a program, or any command lines, that could scan my OS as thoroughly as in the system programs, the ".init, dat etc.... and put everything back in order?

      To be honest, I work on Linux and I've never had such problems.

      thank you
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  18. Hb
     
    What I don't understand is that desktop is an original system of the computer, ((and it's only supposed that you've changed the processor)), for instance, that desktop is a fixed system, it's only the processor that can change this rationale.
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    1. brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 155
       
      Veuillez fournir le texte à traduire.
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      1. madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 485 > brucine Posted messages 24759 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         
        Oh yes, I admit I'm having a hard time too.
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