All but two of my desktop icons disappeared

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• All my desktop icons disappeared from my Windows 7 Desktop

  I created several icons on Desktop 4 computers after installing clean computers with Windows 7 Profession (whether with the 32-bit or 64-bit). After a few days, some of the desktop icons disappear. However, when I click on the toolbar of office at the bottom of the Windows desktop, icons that disappeared from the Office were always present and available in the list of desktop toolbar. I've seen many users have the same problem on the Internet but no solution to the problem. Any suggestion for the fix.

  Hi guys,.

  I found the cause of her mysteriously disappear from the Windows 7 desktop icons and the reason why the Show Desktop icons now and then get UN-ticked.

  INFRARECORDER is! Try for yourself, when you start Infrarecorder and close the bottle, go take a look at 'See the desktop icons', it is not checked (but the icons are still there). Check it on again and start Infrarecorder... He is not checked again.

  This Windows 7 "bug" is irritating for me since the beginning and now I found the cause: it is Infrarecorder that causes this problem.

  Test it and please let me know and spread the word :-)

• All my desktop icons disappeared from my Windows 7 Desktop and toolbar on the bottom is misssing

  All my desktop icons disappeared from my Windows 7 Desktop and toolbar on the bottom is misssing. all I get is my pic of screensaver. I can't draw anything.

  Oh! If you think it's a Virus/Malware then take your HARD drive internal to another machine and have it is scanned with a good Antivirus updated. If nothing else works the hard way is to format your machine.

  :(

• All my desktop icons disappeared and I can not add new ones.

  I recently uninstalled fences and after that I uninstalled it all my desktop icons disappear. When I try and add icons on the desktop, they do not apear. When I go to computer > desktop everything is there. They are simply not apearing on the real office.

  Right-click on the desktop and choose 'View', then 'Show Desktop icons.

• Out of the blue, the majority of my desktop icons disappeared! All solutions?

  I am running Windows 7 HP 64 bit. All of a sudden this am most of my desktop icons disappeared. Anyone had this happen and found a solution?

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I understand that you have problems with the icons who have recently disappeared from the desktop. We are happy to help you in the matter of fixing.

  You did it all changes prior to this issue?

  In the meantime, please follow the following suggestions to solve the problem with icons that disappeared from the office.

  Icons disappear from the Windows 7 Desktop

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2670504/en-us

  If this does not help, then try to follow suggestions from the link below to fix the problem.

  Desktop shortcuts disappear in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/978980

  I hope it works for you. Otherwise, feel free to write us back for assistance.

• Almost all my desktop icons disappeared, as well as their relevant applications. I was no longer in Classic view.

  I use Windows 7 Pro x 64.  Last night I ran the latest offerings from update, which has been a long process involving several dozen Articles.  When I turned on the computer this morning, almost all of my desktop icons disappeared, as well as their relevant applications.  I was no longer in the classical view; resembled a view of windows 8.  I tried the system restore, that wouldn't work and returned with an error message saying that HS has not been installed on the machine.  Cannot start in safe mode.  Do I have any options?  I have to re - install the OS?  Linux would prevent this kind of problem?  Thank you for your cooperation and assistance.  * E-mail address is removed from the privacy *

  Original title: update virus?

  This isn't a virus, your PC has a hardware error, perhaps caused by a driver install

  See below use options to restore the system at boot up

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows/what-are-system-recovery-options#what-are-system-recovery-options=Windows-7

• Add account causes the desktop icons disappear

  I added a second administrator account on my computer windows vista laptop and when I connect to my original account almost all my desktop icons disappear.  I do a restore to a previous point and they come back but I lose the second account.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  I was going to use a single account for home and one for work, but at this point I can't do.

  Joe

  Hello, Joe

  You get errors when you log in?
  The new user account has the same problem?

  Try the click with the right button on your desktop, select view and make sure Show Desktop icons is selected.

• The desktop icons disappear

  Start and the desktop icons disappear when the computer is left unattended for a period of time.

  All I have is the wallpaper and the cursor of the mouse.

  Computer must be restarted.

  I have attempted to correct the problem with all possible suggestions, but I have to restart computer each time.

  Please help.

  Hi reda

  Thank you for taking the time to help me with my problem.

  I tried method 1 and it did not help, I tried method 2 and I received an error message indicating that the sfc scan has failed and method 3, returned a negative virus detection.

  Out of pure frustration, I pulled the cables at the back of the computer and left the cable VGA/SVGA male PC to another port on the computer (at the bottom of the computer toward the upper left side), and it seems to have done the trick - why I do not know?

  Since the cable, the computer has been running at 100%, and the problem seems to have corrected itself.

  Thanks a lot again for your answer.

  Kind regards

  Brian

• Desktop icons disappear

  Having just downloaded the latest Firefox update (I'm on the beta channel), as soon as it restarts, five of my desktop icons disappeared. I have more than 60 icons on my desktop and I don't remember what they are. Is it possible to know what icons have disappeared and the recovery please?

  Hi markyb208,

  I'm not sure what you have a problem with Firefox.

  Are you talking about icons on your Windows 7 desktop. In a standard installation, Firefox will try to add an icon on the desktop, but it shouldn't do something to remove the icons.

• Pavilion p7: the desktop icons disappeared

  When I started my pc this morning I founf that all my desktop icons disappeared

  Hmm, that's strange. I wonder if you might have accidentally switched to Tablet mode, where the desktop icons would not display. See switch between Mode desktop and Tablet (Windows 10).

  If this does not work, try to install the Windows updates and reboot your computer. I would also like to run a virus scan. Good luck!

• The desktop icons disappeared

  The desktop icons disappear after reboot. The operating system is windows xp pofessional. No virus found. How do I solve this problem

  Hi akilsun,
   
  -Remember you proceed with recent computer between the calendar changes when things worked fine and now?
   
  This problem occurs if the function display desktop icons has been disabled.
   
  To enable this feature, see the following article:
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• The desktop icons disappear when booted the laptop

  My desktop icons disappeared. How to make a comeback.

  Thank you. I used the patch for explore window that I saw on another problem and it worked.

  Thanks again.

• All my desktop icons disappeared

  Hello everyone.

  I played just age of Empires 2 The Forgotten when it crashed. It worked well for 4-5 days, so I didn't think much, so I tried to play again, when it crashed once more. After that, I went to my program files in the C drive and deleted all the files saved there under the track where the game auto-tout saved. In any case, after that I had to restart the game, so I went to the office and only my 'computer' icon was there, everything else was not the case.

  I use Windows 7 Ultimate, and tried methods such as 'see the desktop icons', 'folders', run a quick scan (which has highlighted some performance issues, but it was especially the deletion of junk files / cleaning of certain registry keys, I did).  Also, I restarted my PC right after seeing only 1 icon, which brought me back some of the desktop icons, I had. Usually restart before that always gave me all of my icon back. However, that time that is not now and I lost all my files saved in both the Office & the my part of documents.  This includes files that I had downloaded.  Please note that I went to CCleaner to check if the programs were still there (the icon removed those) and they seem to have gone quite as well.

  I want to know what I can do to recover these files, because some of them are needed very soon.  Please help me. Thank you.

  Note: Do not create a new data on your computer, because it can replace your hard drive and may interfere with the recovery of files.

  The following hotfixes must be attempted in the order listed.

  Check on the status of the file

  First of all, go to C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop , replacing C and username with the appropriate information.  If you see your files, they are not removed.

  Restart Explorer.exe

  1. Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE at the same time.
  2. Press start the Task Manager.
  3. Go to the processes tab and look to explorer.exe.
  4. Right-click and select end process.
  5. Then go to file (above) and select new task (run...) and type explorer.exe in the box.
  6. Press ENTER.

  Rebuild the icon Cache

  1. Show all hidden files (Folder Options).
  2. Go to \AppData\Local C:\Users\ (username)
  3. Search IconCache.db and delete (right click and press delete).
  4. Restart your computer.

  Checking system files

  1. Go to the start menu.
  2. Type cmd and click with the right button on the result.
  3. Select run as administrator.
  4. Type sfc/scannow and press ENTER.

  File recovery programs

  1. Plug in a USB key with the free space on your computer.
  2. Download a file recovery program (for example Recuva).

  A bunch of files for Windows recovery programs can be found here: http://alternativeto.net/software/recuva/?platform=windows

  3. install the program file recovery.

  4. follow the on-screen instructions to get your files back.

  5 SAVE YOUR RECOVERED ON a USB port FILES.

  I hope this has helped you.  If this does not work, go to one of your backups.  If you don't have a backup, restore your computer to an earlier date before, this has happened.  This article has useful info: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-System-Restore-on-Windows-7

• All the disappered from the desktop icons, but the text is still there, and the start bar does not open

  http://imgur.com/PtdyS

  Hi, I hope you can help me... My missing desktop icons with hotbar after a reboot, but the text is there and programs can still be opened. Thus, my Dowes does not open. Any idea how this can be? I ran Antivirus and malware programs already tried rebooting several times, by clicking on the desktop and then 'show icons', Ive tried everything... Also, in my "guest" all account works well, which leads me to believe there is a problem with explorer.exe.
  Follow steps 1 and 2 (under the deletion process) in this malware removal guide: http://www.selectrealsecurity.com/malware-removal-guide
  If you have any questions about the instructions, just ask. Let me know if this helps you.
  Brian

• all my desktop icons disappeared and I did a scan of Microsoft Safe (full) and he found nothing

  My programs have all disappeared. Where can I find them?

  Hello

  1. have there been recent changes to the computer before the show?

  I suggest to try the given steps and check if it helps.

  Method 1: You can right-click on the desktop, point to view, and then make sure that the appropriate brand is positioned in front of the Show Desktop icons.

  For your reference: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Show-hide-or-resize-desktop-icons

  Method 2: You can also configure your computer in a clean boot state and check to see if the same problem happens.

  By setting your boot system minimum state helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem.

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or Windows 7:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: After the boot minimum troubleshooting step, follow step 7 in the link provided to return the computer to a Normal startup mode.

  Method 3: Desktop shortcuts disappear in Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978980

  Method 4: If this is a recent problem, and then you try to run the system restore.

  Note: When you perform the system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, programs and updates that you have installed are removed.

  To run the system restore, you can consult the following link:

  How to repair the operating system and how to restore the configuration of the operating system to an earlier point in time in Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  Hope this information is useful.