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I was searching my computer for some files, and I did something that made everything under my user profile to disappear. I don't know what I clicked. A progress bar popped, ran through what looked like my entire harddrive (took about 20-30 seconds), then everything disappeared.
Now everything is "gone" from my desktop (but the background is the same). All my folders, such as My Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos, etc are are "gone". The whole user account is "gone".
By "gone" I mean that it's not visible, but it's still "there". If I create a New Folder on my desktop, it's "New Folder (8)" because there's that many other New Folders, they're just not visible. I can load my torrent program, but all the in-progress torrents that were there are all gone.
Some programs aren't listed in my Start Menu anymore, even though they're still installed. "Accessories" isn't listed either. Powerstrip doesn't load when my computer boots.
However, Firefox works just fine, and all the bookmarks and history are still there.
If I click the "Users" folder on my HD, all that displays is "Public", but not the one tied to my Login. If I right click the background of the "Users" folder, I can view previous versions, and I can click a previous date and see my Login, where I can browse everything that should be visible (desktop, My Documents, Downloads, etc). But I can't figure out how to make this login profile visible without doing all that, nor can I figure out how to make things back the way they were.
I know it's not a user/login setting, because I only have on Login on this computer (Admin) and that's what I was using.
What the hell did I do?
How the hell do I fix it?
I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, all up to date. System Restore doesn't do anything; in fact it won't restore because it's "missing a file", and says it's probably because of the anti-virus software I'm running, but I'm not running anti-virus software.
I'm freaking out because I'm fairly competent with computers, and I usually don't do crap like this, and if I do, I can usually fix it. But I'm at a total loss this time.
HELP!
Now everything is "gone" from my desktop (but the background is the same). All my folders, such as My Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Videos, etc are are "gone". The whole user account is "gone".
By "gone" I mean that it's not visible, but it's still "there". If I create a New Folder on my desktop, it's "New Folder (8)" because there's that many other New Folders, they're just not visible. I can load my torrent program, but all the in-progress torrents that were there are all gone.
Some programs aren't listed in my Start Menu anymore, even though they're still installed. "Accessories" isn't listed either. Powerstrip doesn't load when my computer boots.
However, Firefox works just fine, and all the bookmarks and history are still there.
If I click the "Users" folder on my HD, all that displays is "Public", but not the one tied to my Login. If I right click the background of the "Users" folder, I can view previous versions, and I can click a previous date and see my Login, where I can browse everything that should be visible (desktop, My Documents, Downloads, etc). But I can't figure out how to make this login profile visible without doing all that, nor can I figure out how to make things back the way they were.
I know it's not a user/login setting, because I only have on Login on this computer (Admin) and that's what I was using.
What the hell did I do?
How the hell do I fix it?
I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium, all up to date. System Restore doesn't do anything; in fact it won't restore because it's "missing a file", and says it's probably because of the anti-virus software I'm running, but I'm not running anti-virus software.
I'm freaking out because I'm fairly competent with computers, and I usually don't do crap like this, and if I do, I can usually fix it. But I'm at a total loss this time.
HELP!
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