Windows 7: Missing shortcuts on Desktop

Using Windows 7 Pro (32 bit)

Everything going on well then all pf a sudden, I lose all my short-cuts on my desktop.

I know they are still there as I can see them in the Desktop folder in my branch of Users (I am the only user!)

If I try to put another short-cut on everything goes ahead quite normally until I complete - and then the screen is still blank of short-cuts, but the new short-cut is in my Desktop folder as it should be

It's just as though they are hidden.



I have done nothing to cause it.

Has anyone any ideas?

Just to check, right-click somewhere on the desktop, point to View and ensure that Show Desktop Icons is checked. If it's not, click on it; if it is checked however, let us know.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...hide-show.html

It worked!

Now how did I do that in the first place???

My guess would be that you clicked it on accident. Stuff like that happens all the time. I wouldn't be too concerned.