Help with desktop icons

MSISD123

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I need help w/ my desktop icons. They vanish when i open a program. When i minimize a program they are sill gone. The only way to get the icons back is to push the win+d keys. When the icons are not visible i can't right click at all, but when i can see my icons i can right click. I have checked the 'show desktop icons' in the right click menu. I also can see and have full access to my sidebar widgets and task bar.

This is very anoying please help!!!
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDEA
Hard Drives
500GB
sounds like a problem with explorer.exe you may want to try a repair install unless someone else has a better solution
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate Signature Edition
CPU
Intel Core i7 Extreme 3.33GHz
Motherboard
EVGA X-58 SLI Classified
Memory
12GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
2x EVGA 285 2GB in SLI
Sound Card
Creative Labs X-Fi ExtremeGamer
Monitor(s) Displays
30" Viewsonic
Hard Drives
2x1TB Western Digital 7200RPM in RAID 0/1TB WD My Book External HDD
PSU
Thermaltake 1000w supporting quad SLI
Case
Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
Cooling
Thermaltake V1 CPU+DIY Liquid cooling
Hi, try a system restore to an earlier time before you had the problem. :)
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dilithium Computers/Engineering (Myself) Star date 42.739285.5432.9
OS
Win7 Ultimate x64 on Desktop / Win7 Ultimate x86 on laptop / Win7 x86 Starter on Netbook
CPU
AMD Phenom 965 X4 3.4Ghz cpu Black Edition
Motherboard
Gigabyte 790XT
Memory
12 Gb DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidea Gforce GTX 470
Sound Card
Onboard Realtek hi-fi
Monitor(s) Displays
Lg 3D led 23"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Loads maxstore sata 1 & 2/ loads of partitions + 1Tb Hitachi sata 2. 256Gb Crucial ssd.
PSU
OCZ 700W GameXstream
Case
Artec 10000
Cooling
On board + many case fans
Keyboard
Logitech wireless K350
Mouse
Inferno gaming mouse
Internet Speed
Talk talk. 10Mb
Other Info
My PC was hand built with matchsticks. xbox 360 controller. Printers,fax.........
Hi.
You'll get better help by getting these - System Specs filled in.

Are your graphics drivers and chipset drivers upto date?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Sony Vaio FZ21Z
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.2 GHz)
Motherboard
Sony (Intel Chipset)
Memory
2x 2GB Corsair (667 MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA 8600M GS (256MB)
Sound Card
Sigmatel
Monitor(s) Displays
15.4" TFT X-Black
Screen Resolution
1280x800
Hard Drives
Western Digital 300GB Scorpio Black (7200rpm)
Mouse
Logitech Anywhere MX
Internet Speed
Sky 5MB
THANKS

Thanks i will try your suggestions.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDEA
Hard Drives
500GB
Thank you all. The install repair worked.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDEA
Hard Drives
500GB
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