Desktops beyond 1 not functioning (fixed)

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Desktops beyond first not showing. This may also have to do with the issue I see raised in forums with icons disappearing recently.

Here is what I have:
Four desktops loaded (D1,D2,D3,D4)

Customize Desktop Icons Checked

Desktop Windows ---> Icons Tab, was used to drap specific files/folders on to various desktops

When checking files:
C:\Users\Username\Desktop 1 folder is blank
C:\Users\Username\Desktop 2 folder has 14 files and folders
C:\Users\Username\Desktop 3 folder has 5 files and folders
C:\Users\Username\Desktop 4 folder is blank

What actually shows on my desktop:
D1 shows original desktop
D2 shows blank
D3 shows blank
D4 shows blank

Essentially, even though my behind the scenes folders are showing up correctly. Visually, nothing is appearing on the additional desktops


Additional Notes and perhaps separate issue:
I also tried to right click create new folder in Desktop 2. The files appears correctly on the desktop 2 but the folder actually gets created in: C:\Users\Username\Desktop

The first time I tried this after deleting the folder, it rendered the app useless. I was not able to create new windows on additional desktops again. I had to uninstall and reinstall software to get it back.

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After spending the last few hours fooling around with every button something from below triggered the fix:

First make sure:
Configure desktops - tools - make sure hide desktop icons is not checked. That may fix it. If not:

I went back to customize desktop icons , clicked advanced, then clicked use shared common folder for all desktops

from desktop 2, I opened desktop windows function, then clicked on icons, then clicked on desktop 1 from within this box on the left, then right clicked a file from desktop 1 and chose to move it to desktop 2. (***Before I did as support advised in dragged them into each box, but this time I right clicked it and selected move to)

I then went back to customize desktop icons , clicked advanced, then clicked create a separate folder for each desktop and said yes to whatever box came up from that.

Then bam! it worked.


I am not sure if the right clicking to process the move as opposed the the dragging is what helped or if it simply was reselecting use same folder then create separate folder or if it was the combination. But I do know what Ive read other users experience did happen to me as well and I pressed seemingly every button in every order to try to get something working. This is the order of events that worked for me. Hopefully, it does for you too if you experience this problem!