Desktop Covered in Steam Files and Games Unistalled

[Complete/Total Randomness]

Over the past few days I ran a bunch of updates on my laptop and I installed new memory cards. When I turned my computer back on again, the three games I had installed, Doki Doki, Payday 2, and the original M&B were uninstalled but their shortcuts were still on my desktop. I also had all the files from the general steam folder placed in my desktop.
If anyone knows why this happened and if I can remove the steam files and game shortcuts from my desktop without ruining my steam or deleting the games entirely, I'd really appreciate it.
Thank you for your help.

[Silicon Vampire]

You have copied or moved the Steam.exe to the desktop rather than creating a shortcut to it where it is supposed to be.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

I just checked and I see I made an error. I'll make it a shortcut this time. But how do I get rid of all the files on the desktop without ruining anything?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Remove the files from the desktop by hand.
Run the steam exe in the original folder. Make a shortcut to place on desktop.

Do not uninstall steam as you "installed" it on desktop. It might erase all around it.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

So can I just delete the files that are on the desktop? Or is it something different that I have to do?

[Muppet among Puppets]

You dont need any files of steam on your desktop

[Complete/Total Randomness]

So then it's okay to delete those? And I apologize if I'm not getting any of this, this is the first time this has happened.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Put them in trashcan, empty the trashcan.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

Alright. Then just do stuff as normal? I'm sorry if I'm dragging this out, I just want to make sure nothing will break.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Thats simply it

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Remove the files from the desktop by hand.
Run the steam exe in the original folder. Make a shortcut to place on desktop.

Do not uninstall steam as you "installed" it on desktop. It might erase all around it.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

So just delete the stuff and desktop and restart steam and make a shortcut, yes? And I thank everyone for their help.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

I read something from another Steam discussion that said everything would be fine if I delete the files from my desktop and then just open Steam like normal. Will that work?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Tell us the difference to what we said to you several times?

[Complete/Total Randomness]

I'm sorry, I just want to make sure doing this won't screw up my steam.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Do it.

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Remove the files from the desktop by hand.
Run the steam exe in the original folder. Make a shortcut to place on desktop.

Do not uninstall steam as you "installed" it on desktop. It might erase all around it.

[Complete/Total Randomness]

I managed to fix the issue. Thank you for your help!