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The icons have disappeared from the Windows XP desktop.

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Thierry -  
 Lisey travel -
Hello,

I conducted a training yesterday on Windows concerning display properties. A hands-on student made the desktop icons disappear.
I was unable to solve the problem and couldn't reproduce it today at home.

I checked in the Desktop tab, Desktop Personalization button to ensure the icons were indeed checked, I clicked on default settings, I right-clicked on the taskbar, Properties, Start Menu tab, and made sure Classic Start Menu was checked.
In the Themes tab of the Display Properties, I selected Windows XP, in the Appearance tab, Windows XP Style.
I of course restarted the computer.

Thank you in advance for your responses,

Thierry.

5 answers

  1. Benj
     
    right-click on desktop > rearrange icons by > show desktop icons
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    1. bombombom
       
      that was a very stupid problem lollllllll

      I didn't even think about it, thanks to you for this answer hahaha
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    2. Tipiak68
       
      Thank you Benjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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    3. Joce
       
      SUPER BEN Thanks, it works.
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    4. Zimmer697
       
      Thank you, I was able to fix my mother's icon problems all by myself! :)
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    5. pat
       
      It was all simple, thank you very much.
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  2. boblecake
     
    Hello
    No more icons on the desktop
    - ctrl-alt-del
    - file/new task
    - type regedit.exe then enter
    - the registry opens, make a backup by clicking on the registry menu "export a registry file"
    - in the window that opens, select the "all" option from the "export range" frame, then give a name to the copy and click on save
    to restore the registry, just double click on it
    - in the left part of the screen, successively click on the small + of the lines HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windowsNT\currentversion
    then click on the winlogon folder to highlight it
    - in the right part of the window, look for SHELL which only contains the data explorer.exe.
    to modify its content, right click on this line and, in the contextual menu, click on modify
    - in the window that appears, erase the content of the text box titled "value data" and type "Explorer.exe" in its place and click ok
    finally, click on view then refresh before restarting your computer

    boblecake
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    1. BuBs290
       
      Thank you so much Boblecats, wow, what a relief to find my office again
      I don't know how to show you how grateful I am for helping me find my office!!!

      Try this technique, you will be surprised!!!!!!!
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    2. Lisey travel
       
      Hello, my computer suddenly had this problem: all my icons disappeared from the desktop.
      After following this procedure, everything came back to normal, no data lost, and it was quite easy to do.
      Thank you very much for your advice!
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  3. vasco45 Posted messages 329 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   49
     
    @ Mouha :

    CTRL + ALT + DELETE --> New Task ---> explorer.exe
    --
    WE DO NOT HIT PEOPLE WITH GLASSES...
    WE HIT THEM WITH A BAT, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.
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  4. Edawards Posted messages 16906 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 979
     
    Good evening,
    Perform a system restore and choose a date that corresponds to before the icons disappeared and see.
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  6. spark Posted messages 2863 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   1 306
     
    Hello

    Check here if it can help you:
    http://www.hotline-pc.org/bureau.htm
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    1. Thierry
       
      Thank you.
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    2. marcouss Posted messages 1 Status Member
       
      We do not wish to make the elements on the desk disappear, but rather to make them reappear; they have disappeared. Your solution does not allow us to solve the problem. Thank you for providing us with something else if you have it.
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    3. yann1
       
      lol she's a beginner.
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