my desktop icons have disappeared. How to recover?

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• Icons have disappeared from the screen. How to recover?

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  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I understand that you have with disappearing icons on the desktop and the start menu. We are happy to help you in the matter of fixing.

  Please follow the following suggestions to solve the problem.

  Method 1: Check if the Show Desktop icons is enabled or not. Follow the steps mentioned below to do the same.

  Right click on the desktop, point to view , and then click show the desktop icons.

  Method 2: This problem could be due to corrupt system files or viruses in the computer. So, you can try to test the problem in safe mode and see if that helps.

  Step 1: See the link to start in safe mode.

  Start settings for Windows (including safe mode)

  Step 2: If you are able to turn off the computer in safe mode, I suggest you perform the clean boot because your system in a clean boot state can identify if all parties third party applications or startup items are causing the problem. You must follow the steps in the article mentioned below to perform a clean boot.

  How do I perform a boot in Windows

  Note: See "How do I reset the computer to start normally after a boot minimum troubleshooting" to prepare the computer to start as usual after a repair.

  Also, try to run Microsoft Security Scanner to check if there are viruses in the computer.

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  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  I hope this helps. Otherwise, feel free to write us again for more assistance, and we will be happy to help you come.

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  Johnny D.81 responded on November 2, 2012

  Try these steps and check if that helps:

  ** Turn it back on. Sometimes a reboot will solve this problem.* *.

  1. close all programs and stop the laptop.

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  -Have there been recent changes in the computer before the show?

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  To do: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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  b. type regedit.exe in the prompt to RUN it , and then press ENTER.

  c. navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify.

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