I'm running Windows 7 too. If I understand correctly, it sounds like the main
problem is that you're missing the POV-Ray 'icon' on your desktop, so that you
can't even start the program(?)

Here's how to find the POV-Ray 'application' itself, then you can make your own
desktop link. (I hope I'm not being too simplistic about your problem.)
POV-Ray's main 'application' (or rather, it's 'engine') is not actually in your
DOCUMENTS folder, it's elsewhere.

Go to--
Windows START icon
COMPUTER (there are *two* of these icons in my Win 7; you want the one that will
show your C hard drive)
LOCAL DISK (C:)
PROGRAM FILES (for 64-bit apps) or PROGRAM FILES (X86) for 32-bit apps
POV-RAY
3.7
BIN
PVENGINE64 (or PVENGINE)-- this is what starts POV-Ray. Make a 'shortcut' to put
on your desktop.

I hope this helps.

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