Desktop icons misbehaving

AllanP · 25 Apr 2011

I have the Desktop as a toolbar and in the "view" I do not have "show desktop icons" checked. However, if I do a reboot or startup the icons are on the desktop. I have to right click desktop and in "view" select "show desktop icons; then do the same thing again and deselect "show desktop icons" and presto the icons are no longer on the desktop; just a minor pain in the butt, but why is it happening?

whs · 25 Apr 2011

Where do you have the toolbar folder?

AllanP · 25 Apr 2011

whs said:

Where do you have the toolbar folder?

A picture's worth a thousand words:

AllanP · 26 Apr 2011

AllanP said:

whs said:

Where do you have the toolbar folder?

A picture's worth a thousand words:

Oooops just now realized you asked for Toolbar folder position; sorry. I'll look around later.

whs · 26 Apr 2011

I have my toolbar folder on the desktop - for easy maintenance. But you could have stuck it into Documents or wherever.

AllanP · 27 Apr 2011

whs said:

I have my toolbar folder on the desktop - for easy maintenance. But you could have stuck it into Documents or wherever.

Where ever it is, is where Windows 7 put it. I haven't moved it. I did a search and there are tons of toolbars, but off hand couldn't see any related to Desktop.

suman6792 · 27 Apr 2011

simple just restore thumbnail cache in win7

just follow this

start> type cmd, press enter and then copy this lines followed by ENTER

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F

CD /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local

DEL IconCache.db /a

shutdown /r

whs · 27 Apr 2011

AllanP said:

whs said:

I have my toolbar folder on the desktop - for easy maintenance. But you could have stuck it into Documents or wherever.

Where ever it is, is where Windows 7 put it. I haven't moved it. I did a search and there are tons of toolbars, but off hand couldn't see any related to Desktop.

We must be talking about different toolbars. I talk about this one: Toolbars - How to Use in Windows 7 and Vista

Layback Bear · 27 Apr 2011

A little something I do because I have Icons on my desk top where I spend very little time on. At the very right side of the task bar right of the clock is a vertical bar. While I'm on line and want to open a program with a Icon I just tick it and it show my desktop. If I hit the chevron( >> ) it gives me a list of programs I have on the desktop. Does Windows 7 come this way or on one crazy night did I change things?

Mike Connor · 27 Apr 2011

Layback Bear said:

A little something I do because I have Icons on my desk top where I spend very little time on. At the very right side of the task bar right of the clock is a vertical bar. While I'm on line and want to open a program with a Icon I just tick it and it show my desktop. If I hit the chevron( >> ) it gives me a list of programs I have on the desktop. Does Windows 7 come this way or on one crazy night did I change things?

The default setting to "Show Desktop". I use a vertical taskbar, and it's at the bottom;

If you have your desktop in a toolbar, then it shows whatever is in it when you click on that toolbar.

Regards....Mike Connor