Dell tablet windows 10 lost desktop

[tondad70mi]

I have Dell tablet with Windows 10.

This morning I turned on the tablet and checked the local weather. All done. Turned off tablet.
Turned it on a couple hrs later, no desktop icons showing, no apps showing. Just have desktop picture showing. I can access internet and file manager from the bar along the bottom of screen. The Windows icon in the left corner does not do anything unless I press and hold for several seconds. Then I get a menu for system, control panel, etc. Downloaded and ran malware scanners, and Avast. No change.
If I swipe the screen left to right, the desktop icons appear for a split second. Swiping right to left doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[Techie007]

    Are you in tablet mode?  Click the Action center tray icon (or swipe in from the right-edge), and see if the Tablet mode button at the bottom is highlighted.  If it is, turn it back off and see if your desktop works afterwards.

[aviv00]

If its oem windows install clean one

Oem might make the problem

[Tripredacus]

Is it possible you have switched to a different desktop?

[NoelC]

Stupid question, and I apologize for even bringing it up if you've already thought of it, but does the problem go away after a reboot?

 

Regarding what could cause it...  If rebooting does in fact help, I'd suggest disabling hybrid/fast bootup and taking the slightly longer time required to do a real shutdown / bootup.  Windows has to rely so much on 3rd party drivers getting everything exactly right at power transitions (e.g., to/from sleep or hibernation) that it's often better to just not go through them.

 

-Noel