All my desktop icons and start to changed to .lnk and are white dish after restart and Windows Update.

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  1 - is it disappear and come back after a time or will not return at all?

  Step 1:

  You can try to boot in safe mode and see if the problem persists or not.

  You can check the following link to start in safe mode with networking

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  Hello

  It's like as if all your slots target for your shortcut got a little messed up. Here is a list of the simple troubleshooting steps that I suggest.

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  Hello DuaneBush and welcome to the Microsoft community,

  I need to know a few things so I can understand the approach of best way to this problem

  1. have you recently changed your computer in one of the following ways

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  type dir

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  lack of your items are

  Try the following

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  Make-> a right-click Run as administrator

  type sfc/scannow

  Type shutdown/r

  make account and tell us if something is fixed

  Good luck

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  1 compleat a full virus scan

  2 defragment all drives on your computer

  3. copy the following in Notepad

  ____________________________________________________________________________

  off @echo

  sfc/scannow
  Chkdsk
  CHKDSK /F
  CHKDSK/v
  CHKDSK /R
  CLS
  echo compleat
  Compleat echo a reboot is required
  SET /P Restart = want to continue (Y/N)?
  you have chosen the echo: restart %
  If /i {Restart %} == {y} (goto: RST)
  If /i {restart %} == {yes} (goto: RST)}
  Goto: NRST
  : RST
  Shutdown /r
  output/b 0
  : NRST
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  output/b

  _______________________________________________________________________

  Save as scan.bat

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  When google, many seem to have a similar problem, but none offer a REAL solution. Care to help? Please provide only the answers that have been soundproofed/accepted as a solution to the problem.

  Hello

  It is regrettable that the steps in my previous post did not help to solve the problem. This problem could occur due to the corruption of the file system or damaged user account.

  Please follow the steps mentioned below:

  Method 1: run (SFC Scan) System File Checker because this could be a problem with corruption in the Windows system files. System File Checker is a Microsoft Windows utility that allows users to search for and restore corruptions in Windows system files. Consult the following link;

  Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833/en-us

  Method 2:

  You can create a new user account on your computer, and then check.

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  Please an update on the status of the issue to help you further.

• After that turn the power off for a few days and then back on... all my desktop ICONS was reorganized.

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  Hello Kenneth Pincus,

  You can create a new profile on the computer and if the desktop icons stay on their position. If this is not the case, the other profile is corrupt. To create a new user profile, you can see the article mentioned below for the procedure.

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• My desktop icons and toolbar and start programs disappeered after getting a virus.

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  Hi Matt,
  Some infections of virus/malware will hide all files and shortcuts on your computer. To make your files visible again, download display on your desktop.
   
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• Whenever I have turn off my monitor, and then turn it back on, all my desktop icons are completely reorganized.

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  Suggestions:

  1 a simple way:
  . Right click on desktop > view > uncheck Auto arrange > check snap to grid.

  2. in a more elaborate way and actually a better way. I use this method I have over 150 shortcuts etc on my desk. I can't afford to have shortcuts/icons, rearranging themselves. I won't be able to find anything, if they do.
  Here is the tutorial:
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• Windows 7 64 bit, start slowing down, the desktop icons and taskbar of loading very slowly since last week!

  so first, I'll start with my system features:

  Reference Dell Xps15z
  Intel Core i7 - 2640M to 2.8 ghz
  NVIDIA GT525M 2 GB
  8 GB RAM
  Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64-bit
  Samsung PM830 SSD 2.5 "7 GB 218, 42 GB of free
  My laptop is now just a year and plays well outside some blue screen errors that have been fixed. The question now is time to start being significantly slower, especially the loading of the office. It takes 15 seconds to the password screen, to 45 seconds to reach the office and another 45 seconds to the taskbar, icons and things on the desktop to load. What is unusual is that during this black screen, my mouse is displayed, as well as for Advanced System Care 6 performance monitor (I doubt that this is the problem as I had installed for some time). I did the troubleshooting on mine and removed about half of my program without success. I also checked the health and performance of my SSD with SSD and SSD life and both seem to be very positive. I did not any changes to the Bios because I don't want to reinstall my OS and I'm not really sure on workarounds.
  I tried also to the difficulty of the task of explorer.exe, by checking the value of shell in the registry and it is correct, that it just load slowly at the start and each time I kill and then open it again in the Task Manager. Therefore, I think that my main problem is with explorer.exe loading slowly for some reason, I also removed some desktop icons and taskbar, although I doubt that it makes much difference.
  I've also done many scans with malware bytes pro and hitman pro, there is no virus on my computer.
  I appreciate any help, as it is very inconvenient for my more than 90 seconds start time, when he was about 20 when the laptop was new.
  Thank you very much for your help!
  P.S. I have about 60 GB of games installed on my pc via steam, if it makes a difference to delete some

  When my Windows 7 is slow to start, I do the following:

  Start, then in the search box, type of race. In run, type "msconfig"(sans guillemets), and then click OK. ""
  In the general tab, make sure that selective startup is selected.
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