Disappearing Desktop Icons


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    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1

    Disappearing Desktop Icons


    Everytime I install Windows 7 I have my optical Drives & removable Media Icons on the desktop, after about a week they disapear if there is no media present in them & then keep disapearing constantly afterwards, has anyone come across this problem or know of a solution, it seems like theres a Desktop Cleanup Wizard running, but I haven't been able to find any in Windows 7
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Aco, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    The Desktop Cleanup Wizard is part of the System Maintenance Troubleshooter now in Windows 7. The tutorial below will help show you how to turn it off to see if that is the cause of the desktop icons disappearing on you.

    System Maintenance Troubleshooter - Turn On or Off

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for the help Shawn, I have tried your advice, I will post tthe results, & hopefully my problems will be over
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    You're welcome. I hope so as well. :)
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  5. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Well it's been a week & all my Icons are still there, so looks like the problems solved, thanks again, Shawn, . (A Rhetorical Question) Why would Microsoft put in a cleanup wizard that regards shortcuts to empty drives as broken???
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    That's great news ACO. You're most welcome. :)

    If you haven't used them on 3 months, then it would have also considered them "unused" and removed them.
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