I moved a D/L software to my 'full' desktop. It disappeared

[veronica]

Where did it go??
How can I find it??
Thanks.

 

[PseudoKiller]

I dont know what a 'full' desktop is but what happens when you do a search for the file??

 

[veronica]

I dont know what a 'full' desktop is but what happens when you do a search for the file??

The desktop was full. I moved a software program I downloaded to the desktop anyway. It disapeared.

How do you do a search??

Thank you.

 

[blinden]

it's under 'search' on the start menu

 

[dreamliner77]

You mean it was full visually, correct?

Go to C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop where xxx is your user name. If not there, try all the other desktop folder for different users (default, etc)

 

[ElementalDragon]

yeah. think Veronica meant that the desktop was already full of icons, which then Dreamliner's suggestion would probably be easiest.

 

[veronica]

I found it. I unzipped it. I don't know where the extracted folder went. I did another search for it. It didn't show up on the search. I watched where it went [I thought]. It said "OWNER~1~000". I can't find it. Does anyone know where to look??
Thank you for the replies.

 

[veronica]

I found it. I unzipped it. I don't know where the extracted folder went. I did another search for it. It didn't show up on the search. I watched where it went [I thought]. It said "OWNER~1~000". I can't find it. Does anyone know where to look??
Thank you for the replies.

It said it sent it to:
"c:\Document~1\owner~1.OOO\Locals~1\temp".
What should I do now??

 

[Erbmaster]

Look under C:\Documents and Settings\owner~1.OOO\Local Settings\Temp
The tilde or "~" is part is an old 16 bit compatible file-naming convention.
The Local Settings folder is hidden by default.
You'll need to enable viewing of hidden folders if you haven't already.

Alternatively, re-run Winzip or winRAR or whatever you use, and change the extraction destination

 

[dreamliner77]

Bet this has taught you to clean off your desktop once in a while, eh?