This is the second Win10 tip that has prevented me from doing bodily harm. A few months ago, for whatever reason (I was doing a relatively large number of software installations/upgrades), I lost my File Explorer Favorites folders and the ability to pin anything to the favorites pane in File Explorer, by any means. This two step solution worked where there usual "Restore" process did not, and completely restored my favorites folders and pinning functionality. It was sent to me by Microsoft after a posting to their community:

Open up your Command Prompt window (Start Menu-->Windows System-->Command Prompt) and type and run:

sfc /scannow

After the error report, even if nothing is found, type and run:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth


I hope that the same magic occurs for you that occurred for me---everything was back as it should be. Also, I noticed no recent data losses (but I can't swear to that).

Paj
8^)




Last edited by Paj; 10/10/16 09:03 AM.