Sometimes when I save things, I move a little too fast and end up saving to another folder without realizing it. Can you confirm that the things you are looking for were there in the first place? Folders don"t mysteriously empty themselves. I suggest you do a search on your hard drive with a keyword from the title to see if it might be elsewhere on the drive.

Raven, in a previous thread the OP claimed that he/she was using Windows XP and that this same computer did not have Internet Explorer on it. I was unable to get clarification on this point, nor was I able to find out if this same computer has been upgraded to Service Pack 3 or if it is receiving regular Windows Updates. I suspect that it has NOT been upgraded and is NOT receiving updates. I would love to be proven wrong on all these points if only the OP would provide the info. Perhaps you can get the OP to answer. If in fact it turns out that I am correct, then Raven I humbly submit that your laudable efforts to help the OP are being ignored in whole or in part. SP3 was released over 4 years ago, and if this computer doesn't have it and the updates that followed then the OP has left it wide open to numerous security flaws. Even if I am wrong about SP3 and the updates, I am not filled with confidence when I read that the OP got rid of funmoods by saying "Actually I have no problem with Funmoods, I deleted it from my control panel when it first popped up and haven't seen it since." This says to me that either the OP really has no idea what he/she is doing, or that the OP is totally unable/unwilling to communicate what he/she did do. I will read with interest how this comedy of errors continues to play out. I think the OP needs to do much more than just ask for help over the Internet. Here is a link that might be useful: previous thread

I tried this last night and thought, well that doesn't work! I see now - you have to wait a few seconds - for those of you that couldn't get it to work, go to google, type let it snow in the search bar and click enter - then watch on the top left of your screen, you should see a slight foggy sensation start to cover the words there. Just let it continue and your whole screen will eventually fill up with "snow". Once it's almost full the defrost button will appear at the top on the right side, just click that to remove the snow, or click your cursor and 'wipe' the snow away. Now that I see how it works, it's pretty cute. I'll have to sneak up on a couple of co-workers tomorrow and type it in to their computer while they are away from there desks... Suzan J

Well ladies...success is mine. But I did it the old fashioned way. I restored my system to an earlier date. I'm still convinced that this whole issue was caused by a recent update and until I find which update that might have done it...I'm going to tread lightly. Lucy...I tried and couldn't find an easy way to remove the search bar in IE 11. Quite frankly...I finally gave up trying because I ended up accidentally re-configuring my own version to the point that I was concerned I'd lose it...again. IE 11 is a whole new animal these days. It's been eons since I've used any version of it and I doubt I'll ever use it again. But I have it set up similar to my Firefox screen in the event it ever becomes necessary. I'm sorry I couldn't help Lucy. There were three IE updates yesterday and I think that's where my problems came from. I'm sure MS will try again...but I'm going to ignore them until I can figure out which one...or maybe all of them...caused my problems.