Going nuts with this, even tried copying to D:\ then from D:\ to C:\, but they disappear too. I can see the files in Docs, but they will not copy to desktop. Keep getting message that F:\ is not available, check that this drive is connected. PC seems to think those files BELONG to F:\ only. HELP
SOLVED Copied files from ext hdd F:\ to C:\ desktop AND documents then disconnected F:\ and files on C:\ desktop disappear
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usb2 (dont have usb3 on this machine). I can transfer the files, all txts, (after the warning message) to docs folder on C:\ and even read them, but if I try to put them on C:\ desktop, they fail to transfer. My desktop is my bulletin board...
Think it was because I had used the ext hdd for my docs and music with shortcuts to C:\ drive, and pc "learned" ? that it was main drive, as everything I had on desktop on C:\ was duplicated by ext hdd (not me) to a desktop folder there that it created.
Think it was because I had used the ext hdd for my docs and music with shortcuts to C:\ drive, and pc "learned" ? that it was main drive, as everything I had on desktop on C:\ was duplicated by ext hdd (not me) to a desktop folder there that it created.
FOUND the answer online @www.diskinternals.com
go to the command line: right-click on Start and select “Command Prompt (administrator)”. At the command prompt, type “regedit”. Press the Enter key. Next, go to “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders”. Next, enter one of the following values
C:\Users\% C:\user name%\Desktop
click on it and enter your user name
do the same for all other folders such as Music, Documents, Pictures, Videos and so forth
close regedit and restart computer
Mine had \Users\% F:\user name%\Desktop for the old ext hdd.
go to the command line: right-click on Start and select “Command Prompt (administrator)”. At the command prompt, type “regedit”. Press the Enter key. Next, go to “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders”. Next, enter one of the following values
C:\Users\% C:\user name%\Desktop
click on it and enter your user name
do the same for all other folders such as Music, Documents, Pictures, Videos and so forth
close regedit and restart computer
Mine had \Users\% F:\user name%\Desktop for the old ext hdd.
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