Photos and icons not showing up on taskbar anymore

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Does anyone know why this is starting to happen to me?

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

This is happening to me again.

 

[Bif]

I've seen this happen post a new build ( cumulative update ) generally from what I've experienced is the update changing defaults back to MS defaults.
Are these programs other than MS programs that you've pinned to the taskbar (changing what program opens a file by default) ?

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

I've seen this happen post a new build ( cumulative update ) generally from what I've experienced is the update changing defaults back to MS defaults.
Are these programs other than MS programs that you've pinned to the taskbar (changing what program opens a file by default) ?

No.

 

[Bif]

Hmm.... you got me..
You say "this is happening to me again".. how often does this occur?

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Hmm.... you got me..
You say "this is happening to me again".. how often does this occur?

It happens whenever I download something to a certain drive.

 

[Bif]

Sorry, I'm feeling this is beyond my knowledge..so I will defer to one of the many other on here with more pc smarts than myself.

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Sorry, I'm feeling this is beyond my knowledge..so I will defer to one of the many other on here with more pc smarts than myself.

That's alright with me.

 

[Norton]

Try opening Pictures file folder > view > Large icons.

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Now my computer's disk space keeps going down.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Mikaela,

do you have the latest version of W10?:

https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...ws-10-to-the-latest-version.13015/#post-73822

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Hi Mikaela,

do you have the latest version of W10?:

https://www.windows10forums.com/thr...ws-10-to-the-latest-version.13015/#post-73822

I do actually.

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Okay. Because of all this stuff I download, my memory on my computer's disk is going down for sure.

 

[Wolfie]

Hi Mikaela,

run "Disk Clean" to free up some space on your drive(s)!.

There is also "Storage Sense":

https://www.howtogeek.com/303688/ho...up-disk-space-with-windows-10s-storage-sense/

Are your icons back yet?.

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Actually, I deleted all of my downloads and moved them to another drive.

The memory went up a huge notch too and it's now at 34.7

 

[Norton]

Now my computer's disk space keeps going down.

Are you using Dropbox or cloud storage?
If Yes it will continue to synch all your files. Dropbox continulally syncs all those files to your local drive, it will cache information about each and every file to system memory continue to consume more and more RAM as you make file changes.
Try discontinuing cloud storage and see if your system improves.

Is cloud storage bring your sytem to its knees?

https://www.howtogeek.com/217854/yo...ystem-to-its-knees.-what-you-can-do-about-it/

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Are you using Dropbox or cloud storage?
If Yes it will continue to synch all your files. Dropbox continulally syncs all those files to your local drive, it will cache information about each and every file to system memory continue to consume more and more RAM as you make file changes.
Try discontinuing cloud storage and see if your system improves.

Is cloud storage bring your sytem to its knees?

https://www.howtogeek.com/217854/yo...ystem-to-its-knees.-what-you-can-do-about-it/

I'm using cloud storage and do not use Dropbox at all.

 

[Norton]

I'm using cloud storage and do not use Dropbox at all.

Then this is fuel for thought.
https://www.howtogeek.com/217854/yo...ystem-to-its-knees.-what-you-can-do-about-it/

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Then this is fuel for thought.
https://www.howtogeek.com/217854/yo...ystem-to-its-knees.-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Thank you very much.

 

[Mikaela Arsenault]

Oh no. Now it's starting to go back down again.