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IRL (In Real Life) => Tech Talk => Topic started by: Tpek on September 29, 2013, 02:09:27 PM

Title: Disappearing desktop shortcuts
Post by: Tpek on September 29, 2013, 02:09:27 PM
I've found an annoying surprise today.
After a while of my computer started running, I noticed I was missing about 5-6 desktop shortcuts for various games.
It just seems like they disappeared, without there being a trace of it in the system/applications/whatever-else logs.

I've found some of the games that had their shortcuts disappear and re-created them, but not all (My desktop has quite a lot of them :P).

I also scanned for any virus or anything else as such and couldn't find it.

So, question is, anyone got a clue as to what, how and why, has happend?  :-[
Title: Re: Disappearing desktop shortcuts
Post by: Staggerwing on September 29, 2013, 02:26:39 PM
Does anyone else use your computer?
Perhaps they got the 'there are unused icons on your desktop' message and followed the prompts to delete those icons.
Title: Re: Disappearing desktop shortcuts
Post by: Tpek on September 29, 2013, 02:29:39 PM
Nope.

I doubt I clicked on it myself, though it is a possibility.

Plus, I've got some shortcuts that are older and less used than the ones deleted.
Title: Re: Disappearing desktop shortcuts
Post by: GDS_Starfury on September 29, 2013, 02:34:47 PM
Sometimes that clean unused icons prompt comes up at startup and if you don't cancel it right away it'll run.