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I upgraded a windows 7 domain computer to Windows 10 and all desktop and document files were deleted

Patrick Kinney 1 Reputation point
2021-01-17T01:36:03.493+00:00

Hi All,
I upgraded a Windows 7 domain computer to Windows 10 and on the domain and all desktop and document files were deleted :(
If I save a file to the desktop, upon rebooting the PC it is removed.
Any help would be great.

Thanks

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  1. Joy Qiao 4,886 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-18T07:27:37.763+00:00

    Hi Patrick,

    Normally, upgrade will not delete your desktop data, and also reboot computer will not remove them.
    To make sure if your existing user profile is corrupted or using temporary profile, we could go to C:\users to check if temp folder exists. Or we could go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList in resgitry to check if any key with .bak.
    For details about repair user profile, we could refer to Windows 10 – You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile

    Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

    Bests,

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-17T02:15:22.827+00:00

    In-place upgrades can be problematic for any number of reason. Sounds like a clean installation would be recommended.

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  3. Kapil Arya 7,946 Reputation points MVP
    2021-01-17T08:07:33.653+00:00

    If I save a file to the desktop, upon rebooting the PC it is removed.

    Hello,

    Did you received You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile notification?