Desktop items disappear after renaming them on Windows 7

When renaming a file, folder, or shortcut on the desktop, it will disappear until you refresh the desktop.

This can occur if "User Account Control" (UAC) under "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts" is set to "Never Notify" for the logged on user.

Set the UAC to the Default setting of "Default - Notify me only when programs try to make changes to my computer".

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If changes are made to the default UAC setting, you can do one of the following:

1. Keep C:\Users\Public\Desktop folder window opened on the user's desktop while doing rename operation
2. Press F5 on user's desktop when this problem happens

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