Desktop icons disappeared. plz help


  1. Posts : 139
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
       #1

    Desktop icons disappeared. plz help


    my desktop icons have disappeared, anything i paste or save on the desktop cannot b seen. plz help
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  2. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    right click on your desktop-View-make sure Show Desktop Icons is selected.

    Desktop icons disappeared. plz help-desktop-icons.jpg
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  3. Posts : 139
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thank u. that was really dumb of me. i remember doing that in xp.
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  4. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #4

    No problem.
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  5. Posts : 1
    Windows 7
       #5

    Wow, thanks, this has had me puzzled for 2 days. I never thought of looking under Desktop/View. I was going to personalize and show desktop icons
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  6. Posts : 32
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
       #6

    Thank you that also made me feel really dumb. the brain is still in xp mode. :)
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  7. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Enterprise
       #7

    kintomaniac said:
    thank u. that was really dumb of me. i remember doing that in xp.
    lol - I agree with this poster (for I felt the same). Still strange that this option is not available under personalize...

    Peace!

    Devnullius
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  8. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit 6.1.7600 build 7600
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    I've noticed funky things with the network connection. It doesn't always hook back up after logging on. I'll have to click on the NETWORK shortcut in win explorer and wait for it to populate. If the above-mentioned "management" programs run while the PC is asleep or otherwise disconnected from the network, is it possible that it doesn't find the targets for these shortcuts and "cleans" them up? Anyone chased that rabbit yet?
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  9. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #9

    Not sure what that has to do with the posts above??
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  10. Posts : 320
    Win7 Ultimate 64bit Retail
       #10

    Optical drive shortcuts disappear


    I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with SP1 and all other critical updates.

    Shortcuts created to the desktop for optical, (2 SATA DVD burners), floppy & USB drives randomly disappear on a regular basis. Sometimes they stay there for days, then suddenly disappear two or three times in as many days.

    All other desktop icons remain constant. The icons in question are at top left as shown in this image.

    Desktop icons disappeared. plz help-desktop.png


    The fixes shown above in this post apply to standard system icons for Windows, and haven't given a solution.
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