Hello all, need some help please.
My problem:
Using the Windows Snipping Tool, I save a screen shot as jpg file on my desktop.
However, after saving, the jpg file does not show on desktop, although it DID in fact save it on desktop because I see it through file explorer.
This happens to jpg pictures and not documents such as pdf, etc.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
My PC:
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Dell XPS 8900 desktop
Core-i7 6700K 4.0 GHz
32GB DDR4 RAM
2TB 7200 RPM SATA HD + 256GB SSD
2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Graphics
Just out of curosity, have you tried to save these pictures to a file instead of the desktop? What happens then?
Make it sure that you are not in Tablet Mode. Tablet Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 10
Make it sure that 'Show Desktop Icons' is checked. Desktop Icons - Hide or Show
Does it still does not show up? If not, does it show up after doing a Right Click on Desktop > Refresh?
Works just fine when I save to a file/folder.Just out of curosity, have you tried to save these pictures to a file instead of the desktop? What happens then?
I just checked and Tablet mode was and is off.Make it sure that you are not in Tablet Mode. Tablet Mode - Turn On or Off in Windows 10
Make it sure that 'Show Desktop Icons' is checked. Desktop Icons - Hide or Show
Does it still does not show up? If not, does it show up after doing a Right Click on Desktop > Refresh?
"Show desktop icons" was already checked on. But interestingly, I clicked it off and then back on, and the jpg files appeared on desktop. I also tried the refresh button and this also was able to reveal it on desktop.
But the problem still persists, it would be cumbersome to click "refresh" every time I save a pic to desktop.
Arc
So your comments helped me identify the problem: my desktop is not refreshing automatically. This appears to be a common problem from Windows 7.
When I googled for a solution, there were many people suggesting I edit the registry, changing "dontrefresh" 1 to 0:
However, when I looked for "dontrefresh", it does not exist. What next?
I am not good with the registry.
Try these two:
- SFC Command - Run in Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog
- DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image - Windows 10 blog
If there is a corruption in the registry or in the OS, then either of these commands would fix it.
Just completed both smoothly, but still no luck.I am not good with the registry.
Try these two:
- SFC Command - Run in Windows 10 - Windows 10 blog
- DISM - Repair Windows 10 Image - Windows 10 blog
If there is a corruption in the registry or in the OS, then either of these commands would fix it.
Something also interesting I just discovered-- every time I restart the computer, pictures DO show up on desktop for the first one or two pictures, but from the third onward it fails.
Could it be a refresh problem? What happens if you save a picture to the desktop an press F5 (refresh) on the desktop?
Edit: sorry, just realised that you have already posted about this, but the file does not show even after refreshing the desktop?
Yea, when I refresh the jpg file shows itself from hidden, each and every time.Could it be a refresh problem? What happens if you save a picture to the desktop an press F5 (refresh) on the desktop?
Edit: sorry, just realised that you have already posted about this, but the file does not show even after refreshing the desktop?
