Recovering Desktop Icons


  1. terribleturk
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    Recovering Desktop Icons


    All of the desktop Icons on my Father-in-Laws laptop have disappeared. He says he didnt do anything to cause it to happen. I have tried various methods read on this forum , to no avail. They are not in the recyle bin, and do not appear if I try to re-create them. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.
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  3. Ztruker
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    Did you try right clicking on the Desktop, select View then Show Desktop Icons?
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  4. windude99
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    terribleturk said:
    All of the desktop Icons on my Father-in-Laws laptop have disappeared. He says he didnt do anything to cause it to happen. I have tried various methods read on this forum , to no avail. They are not in the recyle bin, and do not appear if I try to re-create them. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.
    Try running a malware scan with Malwarebytes: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Download.com
    If that doesn't work, try running system restore by going to start and typing system restore and hitting enter.
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  6. terribleturk
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    Thanks for the quick response. I don't think I've tried that yet. I will try and let you know.
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