Most recent Windows 7 Upgrade has eliminated all my desktop icons.

I still have the folder on the desktop with link files, but they are not displayed on the desktop.

The upgrade occurs around 14/01/2011, but I hibernate a lot, so I don't know exactly the date at which the upgrade has been loaded on my computer.

A Windows Update should not cause this problem.  See if it suits it: right-click on the desktop and click on view > show desktop icons . Boulder computer Maven
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