Microsoft patching issues continue: The latest update is causing issues with personal files

Microsoft seems to be failing to address reliability issues with the patches it releases. We have seen the problems suffered with the one intended for Windows 7 that caused a black screen background or the inability to turn off the computer. And Windows 10 is now the affected version

The reason is that they are beginning to appear on specialized networks and forums complaints from Windows 10 users who have installed the KB4532693 update A Security patch that is causing, according to those affected, problems with personal files on their computers, with wallpapers, with app icons and even with user profiles.

Hiding personal files, app icons…

In the threads of the official Microsoft forums, but also on Twitter and other pages, there are references to all kinds of losses. Thus, they affirm that they have seen how wallpapers, application icons, personal files disappear on the desktop or even affirm that there have been cases in which the profile has been locked.

The patch, released four days ago, does not offer any problems according to the official Microsoft website as it does not make any reference to data loss. However, we have already seen on other occasions how the company has been slow to find out about the bugs present in an update

At this time the only bugs that Microsoft acknowledges in Build 18363.657 and 18362.657 for Windows 10 are due to a bug that affects Windows Server container images .

Actually, update KB4532693 is a major patch, so it's up to you if you haven't installed it yet , continue with the update and accept possible failures, or wait, also with its risks by not having the equipment updated, for the situation to be clarified.

If, on the other hand, you have already installed the KB4532693 patch and are experiencing crashes and errors, you can always uninstall the update that causes problems or, as some users claim, restarting Windows several times (some users have had to do it up to 4 times), a process that can fix the failure.

Another measure involves restoring the user profile from the Registry editor and that is a more complicated process that may not be worth carrying out, thus being the most interesting for manycreate a new user profile with administrator privileges