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

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  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

• Pavilion p7: the desktop icons disappeared

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  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).

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  Hi BrettParker,

  ·         The favicons in Internet Explorer and the desktop icons are you referring?

  You can run Microsoft fix mentioned article and check if the problem still persists.

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  Let us know if that helps.

• The desktop icons disappeared

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  -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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• 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.

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  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.

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  I use Windows Vista Business Service Pack 1 on a Toshiba individual 5 months old Pro.
  Everything works well except all my desktop icons disappeared last week for example Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer, etc.
  I have activated since the "Desktop >" section of the taskbar and can now access all the icons in a vertical list.
  If I try to add a new icon to real desktop screen does not appear, but it does not produce a copy that can be chosen amongst the "Desktop >" list on the taskbar.
  How can I display the icons on the new real desktop?

  Right-click on the desktop, click on the "View" menu

  In the submenu at the bottom, there is an entry named "show desktop icons".
  Click here, if it is not already.

  

  Return your icons?

  Please let us know how it goes.

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  Hi Khody,

   

  To change your windows 7 application icon you can use following the procedure-
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  b. now Select the shortcut tab and see button below to change the icon. Click the button change icon now all the icons.
  c. you can choose a of the icons that you want for the shortcut.

   

  I hope this helps.

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  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.

  :(

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  Hello

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

  2 brings an error when you try to access the desktop icons?

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

  Method 1: Try to run fix it from the link below:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  Method 2:

  Also try to scan your computer for the Microsoft Security Scanner, which would help us to get rid of viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  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.

  Method 3:

  If the problem persists, then try to create a new user account and check. Follow the steps mentioned in the article given below to create a new user account.

  Create a user account.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-a-user-account

  If it works fine in the new user account, you can access the link and follow the steps for the corrupt profile Fix:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

  Hope this information is useful.

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  With the browser now expanded, close the browser by clicking on the 'X' at the top right.
  Now reopen the browser by clicking on the 'E' in the quick launch by the button start.
  He opens enlarged?

  Your records are open properly?

  Impatience back on your part.

  Chris
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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