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Desktop disappeared...

For some very odd and wierd reason absolutly all the icons on my desktop have gone...don't even have the recycle bin anymore :o Litterally no idea where they could have possibly gone - my dissertation was saved on my desktop and its just totally gone!!!! Any Ideas?
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  • Try right clicking on desktop- view and make sure show icons is ticked
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    was gonna make a joke, but losing a dissertation isnt fun, you got copies justin case?!
  • Hi,

    right click on the desktop - view - show desktop icons....

    its happened to me a couple of times, not sure why :o.

    Pete.
  • Beaten to it by sunlund2311....
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    pedro69uk wrote: »
    Hi,

    right click on the desktop - view - show desktop icons....

    its happened to me a couple of times, not sure why :o.

    Pete.

    Thanks sooo much :T- panic over, litterally no idea how that happened, Ive had the internet open all day...
    spadoosh wrote: »
    was gonna make a joke, but losing a dissertation isnt fun, you got copies justin case?!

    thankfully I would have had a slightly older copy on my OH's Mac and on his external HD - just in case of these exact circumstances - my laptop is on the way out, thought it might have finally gone :p
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    Sept 2016 £104,800
    Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)

  • Happened to me a few times as well. nearly had heart attacked when it happened to me at work the 1st time. Good trick (nasty really) to play on admin staff tho. But they should learn to save things where theyre supposed to :)
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  • charlie792
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    Happened to me a few times as well. nearly had heart attacked when it happened to me at work the 1st time. Good trick (nasty really) to play on admin staff tho. But they should learn to save things where theyre supposed to :)

    haha my laptop has a brilliant knack of doing wierd things...one day I booted it up and everything booted up sideways!

    Pretty sure it has a mind of its own
    MFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
    Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
    Sept 2016 £104,800
    Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)

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