I doubt that it was anything you did in Outlook that affected the Windows
Desktop in that way.
Right click on your Desktop-> View-> enable: Show Desktop Icons
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"BV13" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I somehow clicked on the wrong button in MS outlook and lost all of my
> desktop icons. How can I retrieve them, and place them back on the
> desktop,
> without losing any information?
>
> And I dont want to lose any information in Outlook (or restart)
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!