Reappearing Folders And Documents After Supposedly Deleting Them?
Nov 29, 2015
Here's one I have never run across before.
New user to W10 on a new Dell 8900. All seems fine, but...I have a bunch of Folders, documents and shortcuts that I tried to Delete. Put them all in the Recycle Bin.
No longer on Desktop.
Emptied the Recycle Bin.
All gone from Recycle Bin; Recycle Bin is totally clean. So is Desktop.But after a few hours, they all reappear on Desktop !
How can I delete them "permanently" ?
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