Guest Mike Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 All destop icons are gone. Done spyware and virus scans. Reloading programs does not help.
Guest Bob Harris Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Icons Desktop icons are normaly stored under C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Desktop\ They appear as file type = shortcut, when viewed via windows explorer. There may also be some icons under C:\Documents and Settings\all users\Desktop\, which should appear for all users. If no shortcuts can be found at these locations, then you do have a major problem (likely virus), failing disk, etc. If shortcuts appear at these location, but not on your desktop, that would be an odd behavour. However, I have seen things like that when XP is "confused". Rebooting usually fixes such problems. Sometimes a simple right-click on a blank seciton of decktop, then refresh will suffice. As a test, you shoud be able to make a desktop icon from within windows explorer, by right-clicking on any file, then send to, desktop (create shortcut). One possible way to "fix" your current problem, would be to use the XP system restore to a time before the problem was first observed. This may not work, but it is at least there is a chance. "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:847D7E1B-8BD9-475F-B880-8A81E4350F7A@microsoft.com... > All destop icons are gone. Done spyware and virus scans. Reloading > programs > does not help.
Guest db ´¯`·.. > Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Re: Icons some systems allow you to right click on the desktop then by selecting "arrange" option you can check uncheck "show icons" -- db ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·..><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º>¸. ><)))º>·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><)))º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><)))º> .. "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:847D7E1B-8BD9-475F-B880-8A81E4350F7A@microsoft.com... > All destop icons are gone. Done spyware and virus scans. Reloading > programs > does not help.
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