Desktop icons missing

[Guest Emrys Davies]

I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

 

My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

/RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

 

Regards,

Emrys Davies.

[Guest PCR]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

Emrys Davies wrote:

| I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

|

| My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

| Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

| /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

 

(1) How many Users do you see under the START button?

 

The Desktop is individualized on a per User basis. Can it be

you have logged to a different User or to the Default User?

I only have & use the Default User.

 

(2) How many folders named "Desktop" do you have?

("START button, Find, F/F, Desktop", but select "Folder"

at the Advanced tab.)

I've got just two...

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop

C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Desktop

 

If you've got more than two, you likely have multiple users & have

logged onto a different one. Maybe try...

 

"Control Panel, Passwords, User Profiles tab", & bolt "All users of this

computer use the same preferences & desktop settings". But I think I'd

rather get rid of the extraneous user profile altogether!

 

| Regards,

| Emrys Davies.

 

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[Guest Ben Myers]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

"Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...

> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

 

Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the "Named" box,

type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find the old

shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify the

registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have to restart the

computer for the registry change to take effect.

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop

 

Ben

[Guest Emrys Davies]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

"Ben Myers" <benjmyer@mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message

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"Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message

news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...

> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

 

Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the "Named"

box,

type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find the

old

shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify the

registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have to

restart the

computer for the registry change to take effect.

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\She

ll Folders\Desktop

 

Ben

 

Thanks a lot Ben. I found quite a few of the missing Links (Icons)

using "*.LNK" and sent them back to the desktop where they opened

effectively. I have replaced others as the need arises. Other more

important sites are in Quick Launch and thankfully they were not

disturbed. I am happy now. Thanks again and to everyone else who tried

to help.

 

Regards,

Emrys Davies.

[Guest PCR]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

Emrys Davies wrote:

| "Ben Myers" <benjmyer@mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message

| news:esUSZAGMJHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

| "Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message

| news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...

|> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

|> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

|> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

|> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

|

| Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the

| "Named" box,

| type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find

| the old

| shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify

| the registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have

| to restart the

| computer for the registry change to take effect.

|

|

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\She

| ll Folders\Desktop

|

| Ben

|

| Thanks a lot Ben. I found quite a few of the missing Links (Icons)

| using "*.LNK" and sent them back to the desktop where they opened

| effectively. I have replaced others as the need arises. Other more

| important sites are in Quick Launch and thankfully they were not

| disturbed. I am happy now. Thanks again and to everyone else who

| tried to help.

 

Very well. You are welcome.

 

| Regards,

| Emrys Davies.

 

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Should things get worse after this,

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[Guest Buffalo]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

 

 

PCR wrote:

>>

> Very well. You are welcome.

>

I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG (government

sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

PS: PCR, did you get yours??

[Guest J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

In message <48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, Emrys Davies

<emrysdavies@lineone.net> writes

>I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

>

>My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and

>Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG

>/RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

[]

ISTR a setting (it might have been in some tweaking prog., like TweakUI)

to turn off desktop icons (the above three are "special"). I could be

wrong though.

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[Guest PCR]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

Buffalo wrote:

| PCR wrote:

|>>

|> Very well. You are welcome.

|>

| I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG

| (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

| PS: PCR, did you get yours??

 

No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

 

 

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Should things get worse after this,

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[Guest Buffalo]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

 

 

PCR wrote:

> Buffalo wrote:

>> PCR wrote:

>>>>

>>> Very well. You are welcome.

>>>

>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG

>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??

>

> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

 

No. :(

[Guest PCR]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

Buffalo wrote:

| PCR wrote:

|> Buffalo wrote:

|>> PCR wrote:

|>>>>

|>>> Very well. You are welcome.

|>>>

|>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG

|>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

|>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??

|>

|> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

|

| No. :(

 

Who knows for sure? Maybe, after the government unravels those evil AIG

swap options-- Davies may discover his icons were insured after all!

Good to see you back in here, Buffalo, to bring that possibility up!

 

 

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[Guest FromTheRafters]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

Help, my desktop icons have all changed to little golden parachutes!

 

....with ugly little arrows

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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> Buffalo wrote:

> | PCR wrote:

> |> Buffalo wrote:

> |>> PCR wrote:

> |>>>>

> |>>> Very well. You are welcome.

> |>>>

> |>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG

> |>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

> |>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??

> |>

> |> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

> |

> | No. :(

>

> Who knows for sure? Maybe, after the government unravels those evil AIG

> swap options-- Davies may discover his icons were insured after all!

> Good to see you back in here, Buffalo, to bring that possibility up!

>

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

[Guest PCR]

Re: Desktop icons missing

 

FromTheRafters wrote:

| Help, my desktop icons have all changed to little golden parachutes!

|

| ...with ugly little arrows

 

!!!Eeeeahhhhh!!!

 

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

| news:ef1jIfjMJHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

|> Buffalo wrote:

|> | PCR wrote:

|> |> Buffalo wrote:

|> |>> PCR wrote:

|> |>>>>

|> |>>> Very well. You are welcome.

|> |>>>

|> |>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG

|> |>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn. :(

|> |>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??

|> |>

|> |> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

|> |

|> | No. :(

|>

|> Who knows for sure? Maybe, after the government unravels those evil

|> AIG swap options-- Davies may discover his icons were insured after

|> all! Good to see you back in here, Buffalo, to bring that

|> possibility up!

|>

|>

|> --

|> Thanks or Good Luck,

|> There may be humor in this post, and,

|> Naturally, you will not sue,

|> Should things get worse after this,

|> PCR

|> pcrrcp@netzero.net

 

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There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

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