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• Windows 7 - all the desktop shortcuts have disappeared

  OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (Build 7100 evaluation version)

  I was using my computer tonight (normal use, nothing happens out of the unusual, without errors or problems etc.). I shut down the system to go for dinner but later when I got to use again, I started it and connected but were none of my icons on my desktop. I got about 26 icons, 4 included shortcuts 'system' to the computer, the user files, network, trash.

  When click with the right button on the desktop, the option is there to add a shortcut, navigation and selecting a file results in nothing, no shortcut is visible. When I go to my desktop to users home directory, in the following location: "C:\Users\loggedonusername\Desktop" most of the shortcuts is visible here (including those above, I added that resulted in anything on the desktop) and I can add more within this directory, but they also do not appear. The 'system' ones (computer, user files, network, trash) still show as checked in the menu of desktop customization, unchecking, reticking, change theme and other options does nothing to restore them on my desk.
  Icons/shortcuts on the start menu are fine (visible and functional) - just nothing I try seems to show those on my desk. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  PS - I did a full system scan with the AV, nothing, even with malware/spyware scanners software. I also did a scan with Windows SFC - audit was 100%, no violation error / integrity.

  Most likely a minor bug with the CR. After execution of the RC for several months I am now facing two minor problems myself with the Explorer shell... (1) the window 'Opens' is enabled preview pane and no matter what I do, it is not off and (2) I had to rebuild my library because they had all kinds of mix upward on the folders they were supposed to point to (my library of music made for my photos, pictures sharp documents downloads pointed to a nonexistent drive, etc.). The good news? The RC is just the RC and is only temporary :-) Jonathan Matthis aka "7test" on MSN QnA
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• Why my desktop background keep disappearing?

  I have a Dell XPS 12 with Windows 8.

  My origins keep deleting themselves and default to a black background Uni. (Several times now), I downloaded an image, I decide that I want as a background. After varying amounts of time, the background will become simply black. But I know that Windows has to somehow recognize the background, because in the Start Menu, it always shows it and if I tab of a program on the office fast enough, it will briefly be (wink) display and then go to the black screen. Icons still work, and no other loss of functionality is present.

  There is no compelling reason (such as applications, programs, or other user input) that I'm aware of that would cause this to happen.

  Hi watching these threads replied

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-desktop/unable-to-change-Windows-8-screen-background/1c168e30-6e97-481D-86e6-55355ee4cb6d

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-desktop/when-using-Metro-apps-the-computer-displays-a/80c5e710-8aa9-47EF-B220-ca9ac0dc39d4

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_8-desktop/i-need-to-remove-the-black-background-i-have-in/136af237-317e-49E6-afb6-0bef8147193d

  Hope it gets u what you want.

• The desktop icons keep disappearing... I need a permanent solution

  Hello, I've seen other messages regarding this issue, but I have yet to find a fix for the problem. I know how to get them back by right click, select display and icons; but it takes only a few moments.

  Any suggestions?

  Thanks in advance,

  AJ

  Hello

  1 do these to erase corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Then, run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next boot, then apply OK your way out, then restart.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

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  2. after the above:

  Difficulty for the desktop icons set in not getting saved after restarting Windows
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/fix-desktop-icons-layout-not-saved-restart/

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  3. If necessary:

  Save and restore the desktop icon layout in Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout/

  Save and restore the desktop icon Layout in Windows Vista - free
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/

  TIP : right click on desktop - DISPLAY - uncheck AutoArrange and snap to grid when you want to restore
  icons or the restore will not work. You can re - check those as needed later and apply the Align attribute
  on the grid before the auto arrange.

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  Office catering - free
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/

  Info
  http://www.MIDIOX.com/HTML/desktop.htm

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  Lock the post Office icons and disable right click
  http://www.techmynd.com/lock-desktop-icons-position-and-disable-right-click/

  I hope this helps.
  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• A808 desktop shortcuts

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  I just bought lonovo A808 smartphone and I managed to make desktop shortcuts all disappear, as he tried to organize them. Now, I can see them in the Manager of the screen, but not on the main screen. When I am trying to locate a new shortcut, I can see it added in the display manager, but nothing changes on my desktop. I somehow it locked?
  Can anyone help?

  Thank you very much

  Hi elekokki

  Have you tried to restart the phone? Still nothing...

  ... Try this: go to settings--> Apps--> all-> find the Lenovo Launcher(I suppose you're using the stock launcher)-> tap on it-> stop Force & erase data/Cache to reset the Launcher.

  Let me know how it goes.

• Bug in Vista without response: the icons of the Office Keep disappear after reboot - have to manually make it visible each time that

  Vista!

  Bug again issue: Vista Desktop Icons keep disappearing in the course and more !

  Out of nowhere, my desktop icons disappear after reboot. When I reboot, they appear for about a second and then they are gone .

  I have to manually select the view desktop items box every time after a reboot . I tried a clean reboot but nothing. By coincidence, the sidebar keep appearing EVERY TIME that I reboot my unchecking it displayed when it restarts.

  Y at - it a fix for this bug that continues to make my office disappear and make me manually make them visible?

  Help!

  Hi ad391970,

   

  The reason for updates make changes on the computer would be some conflicting third-party programs or there might be a corruption in the Windows Update components.

  I suggest that you try to install updates by disabling the third-party program conflict and check if it works.

  To help resolve the error and other messages, you can start Windows Vista by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This type of boot is known as a "clean boot". A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  Perform the check and the clean boot if you have the problem.

  1. click on start, type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.

  User account control permission

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.

  2. in the general tab, click Selective startup.

  3. under Selective startup, clear the check box load startup items.

  4. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box, and then click Disable all.

  5. click on OK.

  6. When you are prompted, click on restart.

  7. after the computer starts, check if the problem is resolved.

  If the problem is resolved to check what is the cause of the problem, referring to the link given below:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Reset the computer to start as usual

  When you are finished troubleshooting, follow these steps to reset the computer to start as usual:

  Click Start, type msconfig.exe in the start search box and press ENTER.

  If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click on continue.

  On the general tab, click the Normal startup option, and then click OK.

  When you are prompted to restart the computer, click on restart.

  If the step above does not resolve the issue updates suggest that you try to reset the component of windows update and check if it works.

  Check out the link below to find out how to reset the windows component update

  How to reset the Windows Update components?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/971058

  If the step above does not resolve the question suggests that you check in a new user account if you are faced with a similar question. If a face similar to a new user account which means your other user account has been corrupted.

  See the link below for screw a corrupt user profile.

  Difficulty of a corrupted user profile

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Hope this information is useful.

  All the best!

  Thanks and greetings

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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• Shortcut on the desktop for AVG disappeared

  Recently, I noticed that the AVG icon had disappeared. I looked up "administrative rights"; but I got nowhere. should I try to use the system restore and go back to a certain date to try to see if that helps?

  Moved from feedback

  Original title: desktop shortcuts

  Hello

  Click Start > programs > right click on AVG > hover your mouse on "send to" > in the submenu that appears select this option to create a shortcut on the desktop for him.

  See you soon.

• Desktop shortcuts for items on the network sometimes drives disappear from the Office

  I have a number of shortcut icons on my desktop Windows 7 (RC1) to the network elements - some are files on a NAS server, some are mapped as the floppy drives, etc. However, Windows 7 seems to sometimes simply remove all without notice, and I have to recreate all the shortcuts to my NAS articles again.

  I wondered at first if this may have been because Windows sometimes would start until all my network devices is available, but when that happens, he scored just correctly icons with a red x to indicate that he could not find them at startup, and as soon as the NAS is available then shortcuts work fine.

  However at random intervals, seven of these shortcuts simply disappear from the desktop. All other shortcuts and icons are very good and the mapped drives are always present in my 'Computer' screen - it's just the focused on the NAS shortcuts on the desktop that disappear.

  No idea why this is happening?

  André

  If you create shortcuts from desktop to removable storage locations such as NAS icons will disappear from time to time because Windows 7 has a built in scheduling the task to clean up unused or broken links.

  To prevent the task to run, you must disable the task in the task schedular: Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Task Scheduler
  Expand the tree in the left pane until you get to the Task Scheduler Library-Microsoft-Windows-diagnosis.
  In the right pane, right click on the named scheduled task, and then click on disable.

• Desktop shortcuts disappeared

  original title: tor shortcuts missing Office

  My shortcuts Office disappeared and could not be able to create again. I use stardock fences Desk top, but both have disappeared

  Try to right click on the desktop and selecting view

  Then select show desktop icons

• Microsoft Games keep disappearing

  Hello.  Some of my games from Microsoft (for example, Freecell, Solitaire, etc.) regularly since my office - usually disappear once the computer wakes up from sleep mode.  When that happens, I can not also open them from the control panel.

  I noticed that others also seem this problem.  I tried the check/uncheck games tip discussed in the forums.  It does not work.  I was able to use the system restore, but it is tedious to do and I'm afraid I might lose some programs or work for a time to do this.  I ran anti-spyware and anti-virus programs, but they have not found anything.

  Someone at - it suggestions?  Thank you.

  Hello

  The operating system you have installed on the computer?

  First, remove the game desktop shortcuts and create new shortcuts.

  Also, follow these steps:

  Step 1: Perform a clean boot.

  Check whether a third-party program or service is causing the problem.

  Refer to this article for more information:
  
  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
   http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Steps to perform a clean boot:
  a. click the ORB start on your desktop
  b. type msconfig in the search box and press ENTER.
  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on continue.
  c. in the general tab, click Selective startup.
  d. under Selective startup, clear the check box load startup items.
  e. click on the Services tab, select the hide all Microsoft Services check box and then click Disable all.
  f. click OK.
  g. When prompted, click on restart.

  NOTE: Please check that you start your computer in normal mode after a repair. Follow step 7 of the article mentioned above.

  Step 2: Create a new user account.

  Check if the problem occurs in a new user profile.

  Step to create a new user account:
  a. open user accounts by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking user accounts and family safety, then clicking on user accounts.
  b. click on manage another account.   If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
  c. click on create a new account.
  d. type the name you want to assign to the user account, click an account type (Administrator), and then click on create an account.

  Refer to this link for help:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-user-account

  Kind regards
  Afzal Taher-Microsoft Support.
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• 3rd party applications stop creating desktop shortcuts

  A horse of Trojan and virus completely disabled my browsers, shortcuts, etc..  I just finished restoring my site and everything works except one!

  When I run 3rd party applications they not create the desktop icon that runs the application.  I get an error msg '1909 - failed to create the desktop icon.

  When I go into the folder and right click and create a shortcut, it does not work.

  In iE8, there is only an execution of the installation that creates a shortcut within the app... it does not work.  It is the only part of my installation I have been unable to restore.

  I work part-time at home for a company and I need these desktop icons for programs.  In fact, the icons of the Office for WORD, EXCEL, etc., have also stop working.

  I hope you can help me.

  Mona Glover

  Hi Mona,.

  1. have you made changes on the computer before this problem?

  2. you receive an error message or error code?

  This problem may occur due to virus corruption of system files or system.

  Try the following and see if it helps.

  Method 1:

  Refer to the steps in the following Microsoft article.

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  Note: FixIt would attempt to recover bad sectors on the hard disk, in the course of this process there are chances of data loss from that particular area.

  Method 2:

   

  I suggest you make a sfc scan and test the question.

  The sfc/scannow command. analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions.]

  Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310747

  Keep us informed on the status of the issue.

• Google icon keeps disappearing in Favorites

  For some strange reason, just my Google icon keeps disappearing under Favorites. I continue to 'add to Favorites', but in a few days, he disappeared. None of my other favorites are endangered. I have ~ 12 saved favorites so I can keep track of them to see if one of the other go away, but it is only google. I even changed to 'google search' and he's gone too after a day or two. I got this system for 3-4 years and the first time that it happened.

  winXP, IE 8

  Any suggestion on what's happening...

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  Hi, Lewis S.,.

  Shortcuts to sites will initially their own custom icon when you create a shortcut. This icon is called a "favicon.ico" and is stored in the temporary Internet files (TIF) cache, which is where all website files, are stored when you visit them. If the cache is disabled, all custom icons are removed.

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  Step 1: Locate the favorite on the Temporary Internet Files folder icons.

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  b. navigate to the location above.

  c. ensure that the hidden files and folders is disabled so that you can access the location.

  Reference: Show hidden files

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  e. copy and paste icons to another folder, such as the C:\Favorites icon.

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  Step 2: Customize icons

  a. open Internet Explorer.

  b. click the Favorites icon.

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  d. Select Properties.

  e. under the web document tab, click Change icon.

  f. click Browse to navigate to the location where the folder is stored. IE C:\Favorites icon.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/IE/Forum/IE8-windows_other/why-do-Favorites-icons-get-removed-and-generic/f03105b5-8c62-4dce-9271-be4c55695e8a

• wallpaper keeps disappearing in XP

  My wallpaper continues to disappear after reboot. He's going to stick around for several times, then disappear. The background color is not affected, and neither are the icons and the taskbar. It's just the image that keeps disappearing.

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  I'm sorry to say I think you are a form of Malware running on your system, defeating the wallpaper.

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• My desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot.

  Micons office keep movong

  I am running Win XP with Vista Upgrade. All of a sudden my desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot

  I am running Win XP with Vista Upgrade. All of a sudden my desktop icons keep stepping back to the left side down after each reboot

  Try this tutorial. It worked for me when I had Vista 32 bit. I used to have more than 150 shortcuts on deskops, and they tended to move 'by themselves' as you said. This tutorial below worked for me.

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/save-and-restore-desktop-icon-layout-in-Windows-Vista/

  Note: the tutorial is done for Vista 32 bit.

  Is a 64-bit installation program which I have not tried. I can't guarantee that.

• All Documents and files of Desktop/shortcuts will miss - restore but still - missing but the properties of the folder indicates the used disk space

  I use Windows Vista Home Premium.  I am the only user and gave me administrative prvileges.

  I was working on my computer when I decided to look at some of my data to the application.  I have come to C:\Users\MYPROFILE but don't see the AppData folder.  However, all my other files were there (office, Documents, etc.).  I have a click with the button right on my profile and click on the attributes Hidden and hit apply.  He took a few moments he went through all folders of files (you can tell by when it indicates the size).

  After this happened, I tried to go back in C:\Users but my profile was gone.

  I restarted and when the office came, all my desktop files had disappeared and the shortcut to IE.  When I click on my profile, it was empty with the exception of the default folders.  All default folders were empty of all my data.

  I did a restore system a few days ago and my profile came, but it was always empty.  However, when I go to c:\users and right click on my profile and press properties, it shows size 11.5 GB as well as the creation date of February 17, 2009 (which is correct).  However all my data are still missing.  Any ideas?

  Display your user folder by deleting a hidden file attribute can be set on the access property page when you right click on your user folder.  Let the net of new low for subfolders and files not hidden attribute when the option is available to you.

  To see the hidden files and system under normal circumstances, go to control panel / Folder Options / view and uncheck both options so that they are visible.  This is not your main problem, however, you must remove the attribute hidden in your user folder.