Desktop icons missing

[Dan & Cheri]

I woke up this AM to my desktop icons missing. However, if I go to
documents & settings, under my user name & desktop they are there. Any
idea how to get them back? I can not even right click on my desktop to
refresh.

Thanks in advance for assistance.

Dan

 

[Iceman]

I woke up this AM to my desktop icons missing. However, if I go to
documents & settings, under my user name & desktop they are there. Any
idea how to get them back? I can not even right click on my desktop to
refresh.

Thanks in advance for assistance.

Dan

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[Richard in AZ]

Scan your computer for malware or virii.

Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Troubleshooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use.

Have you tried right clicking on the desktop and then choosing arrange icons?
There is an option to show, or not show desktop icons there.

 

[Dan & Cheri]

Scan your computer for malware or virii.

Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://security.kolla.de
AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387
Troubleshooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
Links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use.

FYI... you were right. I did that and went through the start up in
msconfig and took out everything that didn't look familiar... ta-da...
back in business. Not sure exactly what it finally ended up being, but
a little more detailed searching found the issue.