mnhgolf Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 A few days ago over half of the shortcuts on my desktop disappeared. I have no idea what happened to cause this. My user desktop folder still showed all of the shortcuts that were previously on the visual desktop. When I attempted to recreate the missing shortcuts on my visual desktop I received an error message asking to rename the shortcut to "Shortcut" (2). I deleted the shortcuts in my user desktop folder and created new ones on my visual desktop. When I selected "align icons to grid" they all went to the first line at the top of my visual desktop. When I tried to drag them back down they snapped back to the top. When I selected "auto arrange icons" over half of them disappeared again. In addition, when I tried to install Acronis True Image 16 the program would not complete the installation because it could not create a shortcut on my desktop. I opened Windows PowerShell (Admin) and ran sfc /scannow. The CBS.log file showed two corrupt files. I don't remember which ones. One was a .dll file and the other one was a .pri file. I then did the following: Created a new folder in D:\ and named it “mount” Searched for "install.wim" on the Windows 10 DVD and copied it to D:\ Opened Windows Powershell (Admin) - Copied and pasted each of the following lines one at a time and ran: Dism /mount-wim /wimFile:D:\install.wim /index:1 /MountDir:D:\mount Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:D:\mount\windows /LimitAccess Dism /unmount-wim /Mountdir:%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\mount /discard All of the commands ran successfully. I ran sfc /scannow and the CBS.log and the DISM.log indicated there were no corrupt files. The desktop problem is still the same. I do not want to use System Restore at this point because I only have one old restore point. I previously created a task to create a restore point each time Windows starts but it is not working (thus the reason for wanting to install Acronis). I have spent two days since that point installing programs and tweaking numerous settings in Windows and the programs and do not want to lose all of that work. I am unclear about what I will lose by trying to reinstall Windows from the installation DVD or trying to run the executable from within Windows. Any suggestions on how to resolve this problem would certainly be appreciated. Thanks! MNH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisj1968 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) I did something similar with my home edition but I lost my app store. I tried like a wildman, using every trick I researched, using the restore the app store CMD and nothing. Q; How old is your restore point? for future reference, I'd probably do a once a week restore point to keep a restore point close to your chest. conclusion: You might have a borqed Windows 10 install now. Or do a system repair, I've had pretty solid fortune using system repair from MSFT. there might be some messed up desktop files that aren't rendering your icons. try a system repair ** Disclaimer; I am coming from what sounds similar in my experiences. However, I trust MSFT's "System Repair" to repair system files which includes desktop file issues. But I truly hope it works and gets sorted out for you Edited February 8, 2016 by chrisj1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Have you done the obligatory scan for malware? Check the rights for your Desktop/User folder and make sure they're correct? As chrisj1968 mentioned, System Repair usually can't hurt and shouldn't change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binaryzero Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) Yeah I know your problem, it's that you're running LTSB. All the things you're going to whinge about can be turned off\hidden. Either way, you've borked your install. Run the restore point, or rebuild. Can only imagine the things you've tried before coming here. I'm currently in the middle of planning a Windows 10 roll out and building a task sequence to build the images. I can tell you, with the right tools and powershell scripts you can make it as close to LTSB. Currently in my task sequence it strips all the Modern apps that aren't required (only keeping calc and music I think, can't remember). All can removed easily enough. TL;DR: System restore or rebuild. Edited February 8, 2016 by Jared- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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