The problem was fixed.
since something was pointing my destkop to a diffrent folder I figured I
just need to find that problematic link.
I searched thru registry for an entry "favorites\desktop"
I found couple and deleted the "favorites\" part

saved, loged off, loged on.
Everything is working perfectly.



""Ken Zhao [MSFT]"" wrote:
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> Thanks & Regards,
>
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> | Subject: Re: desktop files moved to another folder under
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> | Hello Eli,
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> | Thank you for using newsgroup!
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> | From your post, thanks Michael for his information. If the problem
> | persists, I suggest you repair the Vista system:
> |
> | 1. Boot into Vista installation DVD
> | 2. Choose your language settings and click Next
> | 3. Click Repair your computer
> | 4. Choose your operating system and click Next. This should bring up
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> | Recovery Options.
> | 5. Click on Startup Repair
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> | | "Eli" <Eli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | | news:55DC9001-3D3F-4EAB-8ED1-D152B8FFD613@microsoft.com...
> | | > problem is that for some unknown reason I only have restore point up
> to
> | | > the
> | | > 07/09.
> | | > and the problem happend on 07/07
> | | >
> | | > "Michael Solomon" wrote:
> | | >
> | | >>
> | | >>
> | | >> "Eli" <Eli@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> | | >> news:7DF2F77A-D697-4101-BF30-6A2478A8EBBE@microsoft.com...
> | | >> > Problem:
> | | >> > vista ultimate X64
> | | >> > I was trying to switch users on my PC.
> | | >> > during switching it locked.
> | | >> > Mouse was moving but screen was blue/blank.
> | | >> > after about 10 minutes of inactivity I forced shutdown.
> | | >> > when loged back on.
> | | >> > all my filed and shortcuts disapeared.
> | | >> > after doing some searching I found that there are 2 folders called
> | | >> > Desktop.
> | | >> > one is at users\"name"\desktop. The other one is at
> | | >> > users\"name"\favorites\destkop. For some reason when I log one my
> | | >> > default
> | | >> > destkops is in favorites\destkop and not where it should be.
> | | >> > any idea how this could of happend and how do i fix it?
> | | >> How it happened likely has something to do with the lockup you
> | mentioned
> | | >> which probably led to some corruption.
> | | >>
> | | >> You might try using the System Restore feature to return your
> settings
> | | >> and
> | | >> registry to a date and time prior to when this happened.
> | | >> All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Restore. While System
> | | >> Restore
> | | >> should only restore your settings and registry, you should make sure
> | your
> | | >> data is well backed up before using this feature.
> | | >> --
> | | >> Michael Solomon
> | | >> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> | | >> DTS-L.Org: [url]http://www.dts-l.org/[/url]
> | | >>
> | | This won't resolve the problem you mentioned but if you happen to be
> dual
> | | booting with XP or if you are using some disk cleanup utility, either
> can
> | | cause you to lose restore points and might be the source of that issue.
> | |
> | | --
> | | Michael Solomon
> | | Backup is a PC user's best friend
> | | DTS-L.Org: [url]http://www.dts-l.org/[/url]
> | |
> | |
> |
> |
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