Oh where oh where have my complete DESKTOP and FENCES gone - Windows 10

BLANK DESKTOPS after rebooting

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I don't know if this is the right thread to jump on, but this morning my desktop fences were ok.  I just uninstalled ESET and reinstalled it, then rebooted, and am using Windows 10, and my entire desktop is BLANK now.  The backup file is showing the last time the desktop was MANUALLY saved was August 2014!  They were there this morning, and now years of shortcuts and desktop icons are all gone - clean screen.  TERROR IN MY EYES!  I sure hope someone can help...

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't think I've seen anyone mention a problem with Fences/ESET, but you might go into ESET and look at its log files and Quarantine to see if those tell you anything.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I expect ESET has 'cleverly' determined that anything it doesn't understand must be evil and has denied its loading.

Programs that add to/alter system settings are often seen by [unintelligent] AV systems to be evil by default and stopped from loading without giving you the option to override.

The logs 'might' show what happened...;)