Additional SSD installation issue.

[Briktmland]

Hello all, I am either missing something simple or i may have accidentally made a mistake. Long story short, I installed a Samsung 860 EVO a few days ago, being new and generally unfamiliar with the general setup of an additional SSD, I installed the "Samsung Magician" tool after installation thinking of it more like a driver install wizard rather than partitioning (which I later learned but the problem was prior to partition and continued after), after all of that I have a shortcut folder on my desktop that holds most of my generally used games/tools/ect PRIOR to the new SSD. the issue I am having is the folder seems lost or corrupt at this point giving an error stating that the location is missing or installed incorrectly. Is there an option to recover the files? I am okay with going on the hunt to retrieve the files but as a learning experience for myself is there anything I can do to recover the folder?