This is an upgrade to my post of April 09, 2017, by Earlyboomer.
I had checked my document folder and download folder and they were both "this folder is empty". I went through my PC looking everywhere I could and no files.
Then about 4 days later I booted up my PC in the morning and my Icons were back, I quickly checked my document and download folders and everything was back in them also.
I don't know what to make of this except it was like winning a minor lottery. I got a second chance to do some backing up now. I can't explain what happed but I'll take it.
I do check for Malware,