I upgraded my laptop to windows 10 and was quite happy with it until my desktop icons disappeared and the tiles that you saw when clicking on the start button that were small suddenly became big like windows 8 and took over the whole screen! How can I get it back to when it first installed?
📎 AI Summary:
The original poster experienced issues after upgrading to Windows 10, specifically with desktop icons disappearing and Start menu tiles enlarging, resembling Windows 8. They initially sought help but later discovered that the problem was due to their laptop being mistakenly set as a touch screen device, which caused the interface to behave differently. After disabling the touch screen setting, the issues were resolved, and they expressed satisfaction with the fix.
The original poster experienced issues after upgrading to Windows 10, specifically with desktop icons disappearing and Start menu tiles enlarging, resembling Windows 8. They initially sought help but later discovered that the problem was due to their laptop being mistakenly set as a touch screen device, which caused the interface to behave differently. After disabling the touch screen setting, the issues were resolved, and they expressed satisfaction with the fix.
Solution
Managed to find the problem myself
My laptop had converted to touch screen. It is not a touch screen so that's why I lost my icons. Changed it and all is good 