Desktop icons missing

Emrys Davies · Oct 16, 2008

I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.

My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
/RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

PCR · Oct 16, 2008

Emrys Davies wrote:
| I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.
|
| My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
| Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
| /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

(1) How many Users do you see under the START button?

The Desktop is individualized on a per User basis. Can it be
you have logged to a different User or to the Default User?
I only have & use the Default User.

(2) How many folders named "Desktop" do you have?
("START button, Find, F/F, Desktop", but select "Folder"
at the Advanced tab.)
I've got just two...
C:\WINDOWS\Desktop
C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Desktop

If you've got more than two, you likely have multiple users & have
logged onto a different one. Maybe try...

"Control Panel, Passwords, User Profiles tab", & bolt "All users of this
computer use the same preferences & desktop settings". But I think I'd
rather get rid of the extraneous user profile altogether!

| Regards,
| Emrys Davies.

--
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Ben Myers · Oct 17, 2008

"Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.
> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the "Named" box,
type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find the old
shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify the
registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have to restart the
computer for the registry change to take effect.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop

Ben

Emrys Davies · Oct 17, 2008

"Ben Myers" <benjmyer@mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message
news:esUSZAGMJHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
"Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message
news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.
> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.

Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the "Named"
box,
type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find the
old
shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify the
registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have to
restart the
computer for the registry change to take effect.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\She
ll Folders\Desktop

Ben

Thanks a lot Ben. I found quite a few of the missing Links (Icons)
using "*.LNK" and sent them back to the desktop where they opened
effectively. I have replaced others as the need arises. Other more
important sites are in Quick Launch and thankfully they were not
disturbed. I am happy now. Thanks again and to everyone else who tried
to help.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.

PCR · Oct 17, 2008

Emrys Davies wrote:
| "Ben Myers" <benjmyer@mindR-e-m-o-v-Espring.com> wrote in message
| news:esUSZAGMJHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
| "Emrys Davies" <emrysdavies@lineone.net> wrote in message
| news:48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
|> I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.
|> My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
|> Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
|> /RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.
|
| Click "Start", "Find", "Files or folders", type "*.LNK" into the
| "Named" box,
| type "C:\" into the "Look in" box and click "Find Now". If you find
| the old
| shortcuts, you can either move them to the current desktop or modify
| the registry to reflect the location of the shortcuts. You may have
| to restart the
| computer for the registry change to take effect.
|
|
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\She
| ll Folders\Desktop
|
| Ben
|
| Thanks a lot Ben. I found quite a few of the missing Links (Icons)
| using "*.LNK" and sent them back to the desktop where they opened
| effectively. I have replaced others as the need arises. Other more
| important sites are in Quick Launch and thankfully they were not
| disturbed. I am happy now. Thanks again and to everyone else who
| tried to help.

Very well. You are welcome.

| Regards,
| Emrys Davies.

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net

Buffalo · Oct 17, 2008

PCR wrote:
>>
> Very well. You are welcome.
>
I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG (government
sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn.

PS: PCR, did you get yours??

J. P. Gilliver (John) · Oct 18, 2008

In message <48f72fff$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, Emrys Davies
<emrysdavies@lineone.net> writes
>I have Win98 SE, IE6 and OE6.
>
>My desktop icons, except Network Neighborhood, Internet Explorer, and
>Recycle Bin, have suddenly gone missing from my desktop and SCANREG
>/RESTORE does not restore them. Any ideas please.
[]
ISTR a setting (it might have been in some tweaking prog., like TweakUI)
to turn off desktop icons (the above three are "special"). I could be
wrong though.
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PCR · Oct 18, 2008

| PS: PCR, did you get yours??

No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
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Buffalo · Oct 18, 2008

PCR wrote:
> Buffalo wrote:
>> PCR wrote:
>>>>
>>> Very well. You are welcome.
>>>
>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG
>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn.

>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??
>
> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?

No.

PCR · Oct 19, 2008

|>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??
|>
|> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?
|
| No.

Who knows for sure? Maybe, after the government unravels those evil AIG
swap options-- Davies may discover his icons were insured after all!
Good to see you back in here, Buffalo, to bring that possibility up!

--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net

FromTheRafters · Oct 19, 2008

Help, my desktop icons have all changed to little golden parachutes!

....with ugly little arrows

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
news:ef1jIfjMJHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Buffalo wrote:
> | PCR wrote:
> |> Buffalo wrote:
> |>> PCR wrote:
> |>>>>
> |>>> Very well. You are welcome.
> |>>>
> |>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG
> |>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn.

> |>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??
> |>
> |> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?
> |
> | No.

>
> Who knows for sure? Maybe, after the government unravels those evil AIG
> swap options-- Davies may discover his icons were insured after all!
> Good to see you back in here, Buffalo, to bring that possibility up!
>
>
> --
> Thanks or Good Luck,
> There may be humor in this post, and,
> Naturally, you will not sue,
> Should things get worse after this,
> PCR
> pcrrcp@netzero.net
>
>

PCR · Oct 19, 2008

FromTheRafters wrote:
| Help, my desktop icons have all changed to little golden parachutes!
|
| ...with ugly little arrows

!!!Eeeeahhhhh!!!

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:ef1jIfjMJHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
|> Buffalo wrote:
|> | PCR wrote:
|> |> Buffalo wrote:
|> |>> PCR wrote:
|> |>>>>
|> |>>> Very well. You are welcome.
|> |>>>
|> |>> I'm still a little p*ssed that I didn't get invited to the AIG
|> |>> (government sponsered) celebration party. Gosh darn.

|> |>> PS: PCR, did you get yours??
|> |>
|> |> No. Were they insuring Desktop icons too?
|> |
|> | No.

Desktop icons missing

Emrys Davies

PCR

Ben Myers

Emrys Davies

PCR

Buffalo

J. P. Gilliver (John)

PCR

Buffalo

PCR

FromTheRafters

PCR

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