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• When I refresh my desktop or restart my computer, all the icons on my desktop are moving to the left.

  The desktop icon question

  When I refresh my desktop or restart my computer, all the icons on my desktop are moving to the left.  I drag them back where I want to, and the next time that I reboot, they are to the left.  Running MS XP on this computer.

  How can I fix them in place?

  Hello
   
  I suggest you to change the Auto settings fix the registry.
   
  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:
   
  322756 how to back up and restore the registry in Windows
   
  a. click on Start and then run.
   
  b. type regedit and press to enter.
   
  c. navigate to the following key.
   
  HKEY_USERS\. DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Program Manager\Settings
   
  d. change the REG_DWORD value 0.

• The icons on my desktop are much too big, just like the rest of my programs.

  Desktop and Personization

  The icons on my desktop are much too big, just like the rest of my programs. My emails are so great, I can't get them all on the screen. Are entered in Customizing, I can't find the settings of anywhere. This seems to occur by itself that everything was going well until a couple of days. What can I do to solve this problem. Thank you

  You can try now pressed the Ctrl key and scroll to up or down your mouse.
  This will enlarge or reduce the size of your screen.

  You can also check to see if you have enabled the magnifying glass on your computer.
  To turn off:
  Click the Start button
  All programs
  Accessories
  Ease of access Center

  Then click on "Make the computer easier to use" downwards.

  Let us know if that helps.

  Marilyn

• My icons on my desktop are missing and in the start menu, my files are missing (ie itunes) as "internet explore runs without any add ons.

  Last night my computer says something about a hard drive failure

  Hi Jazmin123,

  1. you remember to make changes to the computer, after which the issue started?

  2 are all the desktop icons and lack of start menu?

  3. what version of Internet Explorer is installed on the computer?

  4. do you see iTunes under installed programs? You are able to open iTunes in the program files directory navigation?

  Try the following steps:

  Step 1:

  Due to Internet Explorer, take a look at the link to the following article:

  Internet Explorer 8 will start in "no Add-ons" mode when you use the desktop icon to start Internet Explorer

  Internet Explorer Add-ons: frequently asked questions (Applicable to Windows XP)

  Step 2:

  If all the desktop icons are missing then try the steps from the following article link and check if that helps:

  Your desktop icons are missing in Windows XP

  I hope this helps. Can't wait to hear back on your part.

• My icons on my desktop are frozen. I am new to the computer world. I am currently enrolled in a computer course, did some research and frozen sort my icons, can someone give me some advise how to erase it.

  As I said above, I'm new to the world of computing, and I'm currently enrolled in classes, well, my problem is that I got my frozen unconstitutional office. Could someone give me some advice on how to fix this error.  Thank you very much for your company.

  Hello

  If the system is blocked, you may have to restart. If necessary, you can restart in Mode safe
  by pressing repeatedly F8 as you boot/startup.

  What antivirus/antispyware/security products do you have on the machine? Be one you have NEVER
  on this machine, including those you have uninstalled (they leave leftovers behind which can cause
  strange problems).

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  Follow these steps:

  Start - type this in the search box-> find COMMAND at the top and RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  Enter this at the command prompt - 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

  Also run CheckDisk, so we cannot exclude as much as possible of the corruption.

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

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  After the foregoing:

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
  How to troubleshoot performance issues in Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950685

  Optimize the performance of Microsoft Windows Vista
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/959062
  To see everything that is in charge of startup - wait a few minutes with nothing to do - then right-click
  Taskbar - the Task Manager process - take a look at stored by - Services - this is a quick way
  reference (if you have a small box at the bottom left - show for all users, then check that).

  How to check and change Vista startup programs
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/79612-startup-programs-enable-disable.html

  A quick check to see that load method 2 is - using MSCONFIG then put a list of
  those here.
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  Tools that should help you:

  Process Explorer - free - find out which files, key of registry and other objects processes have opened.
  What DLLs they have loaded and more. This exceptionally effective utility will show you even who has
  each process.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

  Autoruns - free - see what programs are configured to start automatically when you start your system
  and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of registry and file locations where applications can
  Configure auto-start settings.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx
  Process Monitor - Free - monitor the system files, registry, process, thread and DLL real-time activity.
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

  There are many excellent free tools from Sysinternals
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/default.aspx

  -Free - WhatsInStartUP this utility displays the list of all applications that are loaded automatically
  When Windows starts. For each request, the following information is displayed: Type of startup (registry/Startup folder), Command - Line String, the product name, Version of the file, the name of the company;
  Location in the registry or the file system and more. It allows you to easily disable or remove unwanted
  a program that runs in your Windows startup.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/what_run_in_startup.html

  There are many excellent free tools to NirSoft
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/index.html

  Window Watcher - free - do you know what is running on your computer? Maybe not. The window
  Watcher says it all, reporting of any window created by running programs, if the window
  is visible or not.
  http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

  Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
  http://www.KarenWare.com/

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  Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

  This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

  This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded:

  -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
  For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
  Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

  For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
  Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
  your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
  Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
  Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

  Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
  with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

  Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
  Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
  BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
  each installation.

  Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
  presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
  in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
  necessary.

  Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
  manually by model.

  Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
  http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

  How to install a device driver in Vista Device Manager
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/193584-Device-Manager-install-driver.html

  If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver under Windows
  Updates, that leaves about Windows updates but it will not install the drivers that will be generally
  older and cause problems. If updates offers a new driver and then HIDE it (right click on it), then
  get new manually if you wish.

  How to disable automatic driver Installation in Windows Vista - drivers
  http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-Tips/how-to-disable-automatic-driver-installation-in-Windows-Vista/
  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730606 (WS.10) .aspx

  Hope these helps.

  Rob - bicycle - Mark Twain said it is good.

• Icons on the desktop are covered by some kind of a generic icon after installing updates

  Original title: updated ruined my office!

  Once the updates have been downloaded and installed to my computer Gateway DX4840-03F (Windows 7 Home Premium x 64) icons on my desktop are now covered by some sort of a generic icon applied on top of the icon who was there.  If I take the icons up to large size I can still see the edges of the original under the generic icon icon.  I'm hesitant to do a restore before the undates were applied.  I guess that when the updates have been applied, I would have the same problem.  This is the first time that I've never used this forum thing, but it seems that this isn't the hottest place of answers...

  Hi skipplummer,

  You can check in the history of Windows update and the updates recently installed.

  Step 1:

  Check the update history to see what updates have been installed. See the link for the same mentioned below.

  See the Windows updates are installed

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/see-which-Windows-updates-are-installed

  Step 2:

  Given that the problem occurred after installing Windows updates, you can try a system restore and then try to install the updates one manually and check.

  You can try a system restore to a point before installing updates.

  Note: When you perform the system restore to restore the computer to a previous state, programs and updates that you have installed are removed.

  To run the system restore, you can consult the following link:

  System restore

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-is-system-restore

  System Restore: frequently asked questions

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/system-restore-frequently-asked-questions

  After restoring the system, try to download and install updates one manually from the Microsoft Download Center:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/downloads/en/default.aspx

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• written in a notebood on top of my keyboard and now the icons on the desktop are huge

  I was writing in a notebood on top of my keyboard and now the icons on the desktop are huge.  How do they return to a normal size?

  ... How do they return to a normal size?

  Pass the mouse on an empty area of the desktop and hold one of the CtrI keys while turning the mouse wheel.

• I installed windows 7 and the desktop icons and bar tasks are enormous

  Original title: Windows 7

  I installed windows 7 and the desktop icons and bar tasks are enormous, go to Web pages, I have to use the scrollbar at the bottom of page to see the other half of the page - he said could also be a driver problem, but don't know what I'm looking for - someone can help?

  Hello

  Yes, well part of the problem from the point of view of Dell is the only "acceptable" operating system for the Office of series 4600 XP. So they have no drivers 'official' for any function of Windows 7!

  But first I need more information on the video card. Try this (on the Dell site): 4600 system is supplied either with the built-in car video or a dedicated real card video.  You should know that you got.  Right-click of your mouse on the desktop, click on Properties in the next area, you see.  This will bring you into the display properties.  Now click on settings at the top right of this next area, click Next on the advance .  Now, click on the adapter on the top.  Just below the upper on this last box, you will see your listed video adapter.

  You will need this information, regardless of where you get help. My best recommendation is that you go to the community of Dell and after a question here. Someone may have already found one, but there is nothing official since the operating system is not officially supported.

  I'm sorry, there is nothing more I can do.

  Kind regards

  BearPup

• Icons on the desktop are now the icons of IE

  Sir my mobile all icons show that this is a file from internet explorer... Please tell me how I can solve this problem? Please write to me on my email id * address email is removed from the privacy * so that I can solve my problem... Please help me

  Hello singh_71 JL,.

  Thanks for the reply back!  I've added a link below that I hope will be able to solve this problem.  Please let us know status.

  Each icon on my desktop is now IE icon:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-files/every-icon-on-my-desktop-is-now-IE-icon/ec27986b-9b1b-4A91-91fc-01c6217710d3

  Thank you

  James

• Failure of Options when you click the Dock icon to include 'Desktop in the display (number).

  Failure of Options when you click the Dock icon to include 'Desktop in the display (number).

  I use an iMac 24 "mid-2007. The help documentation tells me how to assign an application to a space is to use this Option. But it does not, while the other three are. Is this an error or something that can be explained? Could there be a work around? My OS is El Capitan.

  Hi peterwhi,

  I understand you are trying to set an application to open its windows on a particular space. To do this, move to the space that you want to use for the desired application, and then choose 'The Office' in the list of options you mentioned see (under Options).

  OS X El Capitan: working in multiple spaces
  https://support.Apple.com/kb/PH21872

  The option that you describe as missing is displayed only if you have connected an additional external display to your iMac and would set the app to open on the iMac screen or the external display.

  Office on the screen [number]: the application opens in the current space on a specific screen (if more than one display is available).

  Sincerely

• Some icons on my desktop have an e page and will be open to display the download box

  Some icons on my desktop have an e page and will be open to display the download box, his options are open or save, it makes anmd attempto opened, but it does not open

  the application, the same box opens with the same options and so on.  What can I do to fix this?

  Hi jlbarrie,

  1. what operating system do you use?
  2. do you get an error message?
  3. you have made no changes to the computer before the broadcast took place?
  4. have you download and save web pages?

  Run the next fixit.

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

• The icons on my desktop have been transformed into icons adobe.

  My computer invite you and recommend you to install Adobe Reader 10. I am currently using version 9.  I downloaded the version 10 X a few weeks ago and after that I downloaded it, all the icons on my desktop have been converted to adobe icons. I had to remove version 10 via the control panel to recover control of my computer, I would like to know if this version of adobe is a good/safe version to download.

  Hello

  • What version of Windows are you using?

  I suggest you to see this link to install Adobe Reader 10.1.

  http://www.Adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5138

  If you encounter the same problem again, you can check this link:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950505

• I upgraded my Vista Home premium to windows 7 ultimate, shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created until the flash drive is reinserted

  during the upgradation he automatically took backup to an external flash drive, now every time I have to run has previously program I have to insert this flash drive.
  also all the shortcuts on the desktop are not displayed, and can be created, or any folder cannot be created so that the flash disk is reinserted

  Hi subhshy001,

  Welcome to the Microsoft Windows answers Forum community!

  Try this if you do not have

  Windows Explorer to create the folders and shortcuts in your document folder, drag and drop them on your desktop.

  If you have completed the steps and was not even useful,

  Follow these steps:

  Try to create a shortcut and sending it on the desktop.

  (1) open: Start Menu ,.
  (2) right-click: Internet Explorer icon .
  (3) select: send to > desktop (create shortcut).

  There should be a shortcut on the desktop .

  Make sure that the "show desktop icon" has a check against it

  OR

  Just click on the empty part of the desktop, choose new > then select the folder to create. Right click on this folder , select Rename it.

  If the steps above do not work then:

  You can scan your computer for malware.

  You can download, install and update anti-malware free of your favorite search engine and find malware.
  
  Important note: this response contains a reference to third party World Wide Web site. Microsoft provides this information as a convenience to you. Microsoft does not control these sites and no has not tested any software or information found on these sites; Therefore, Microsoft cannot make any approach to quality, security or the ability of a software or information that are there. There are the dangers inherent in the use of any software found on the Internet, and Microsoft cautions you to make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any software from the Internet.

  If the scan comes back clean, so I recommend doing a System File Checker too l to analyze your OS system files.

  To help resolve this problem, use the tool (SFC.exe) System File Checker to determine which file is causing the problem and then replace the file. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. open an elevated command prompt . To do this, click Start , click principally made programs , Accessories , right-click guest , and then click run as administrator .  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click allow .
  2. type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow (Yes there is a space after sfc) the sfc/scannow command analyzes all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with appropriate Microsoft versions. This analysis do take some time to complete.

  Hope this information helped!

  Thank you, and in what concerns:

  Aziz Nadeem - Microsoft technical support.
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• I'm unable to show all of the icons on my desktop.

  I'm unable to show all of the icons on my desktop.  The taskbar appears, and I can access my applications from the start menu, but no icon on the desktop application.

  I use Windows XP, SP3.

  Hi RogerMadison,

  This document gives you the steps about adding registry subkeys.

  Change the settings of the REGISTRY can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the REGISTRY settings configuration can be solved. Changes to these settings are at your own risk.

• After you restore rundll32.exe, I restarted my computer all the icons on my desktop and all programs in the start menu disappeared

  Every thing seems to have returned to normal, but when I restarted my computer all the icons on my desktop and all programs in the start menu disappeared, and yet, all programs are always in: Control Panel > add/REMOVE programs.   I can still connect to the internet by going to-Start > my computer > view > go to the desktop. How to get back all the icons on my desktop. I tried a click right, but in vain. I also ran a scan complete antivirus. any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you Joel S. Before I could put your advice into practice a friend recommended a friend who advised me to do a system restore, which he said he would be happy to do it for me. So look like an easy option, I agreed. It seems to have solved the problem (fingers crossed), but now it seems that I need to format the hard drive. If you have any tips on formatting hard drive I'm all ears. Thank you Owen