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  • My screen shows Microsoft Apps only

    Posted by Passepartout on October 18, 2020 at 10:40 am

    Hi
    Just updated Windows 10. All my links on my computer screen have been replaced by 5 Windows apps.
    My task bar is gone where i could access my files. There is now a taskbar button on screen that is not populated.
    What to do to regain my old computer screen?
    Thank you.

    TeamKomando:John replied 4 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • TeamKomando:John

    Administrator
    October 20, 2020 at 11:53 am

    Hello Passepartout,

    If you recently performed an upgrade you can try digging out your old shortcuts in the windows.old folder in the c:\
    You can take a look here to see where those shortcuts are traditionally stored. You should be able to dig them out of the location such as C:\windows.old\Users\(YourUsername)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar

    You will have to show hidden files and folders when browsing to this data

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