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I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
Last night two updates were automatically installed when I shutdown my computer: KB976098 and KB915597
This morning when I turned on my computer, all my files appear to have been deleted, and although installed software is still there, programs (e.g. iTunes, Google Desktop) have lost all settings and act as though it were a new installed.
- over 200+ photos in My Pictures GONE
- entire iTunes music library GONE
- Desktop shortcuts GONE
- Programs pinned to taskbar GONE (reverted to original default so programs I had removed reappeared)
Oddly enough, everything in my Recycle Bin was preserved. The Windows.old folder was also preserved.
Needless to say, after my painstaking effort to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP, this is more than a minor annoyance. Everything is backed up (I think) so I should be able to restore what has been lost but WTF MICROSOFT?! If automatic updates are going to wipe out My Documents, a little warning.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
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Last night two updates were automatically installed when I shutdown my computer: KB976098 and KB915597
This morning when I turned on my computer, all my files appear to have been deleted, and although installed software is still there, programs (e.g. iTunes, Google Desktop) have lost all settings and act as though it were a new installed.
- over 200+ photos in My Pictures GONE
- entire iTunes music library GONE
- Desktop shortcuts GONE
- Programs pinned to taskbar GONE (reverted to original default so programs I had removed reappeared)
Oddly enough, everything in my Recycle Bin was preserved. The Windows.old folder was also preserved.
Needless to say, after my painstaking effort to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP, this is more than a minor annoyance. Everything is backed up (I think) so I should be able to restore what has been lost but WTF MICROSOFT?! If automatic updates are going to wipe out My Documents, a little warning.
Has anyone else had a similar problem?
More...