Missing shortcuts on Desktop


  1. Furryfred
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
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    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?
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  3. Darician
    Posts : 1,018
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    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.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...hide-show.html
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  4. Furryfred
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
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    It worked!

    Now how did I do that in the first place???
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  6. Petey7
    Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
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    My guess would be that you clicked it on accident. Stuff like that happens all the time. I wouldn't be too concerned.
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