Desktop icons stuck on desktop

[Guest]

After a reboot the icons on the desktop were moved and were duplicated. After
clicking on one of the 'duplicated' icons i realised that it wasn't an actual
icon, i couldn't click it. The other icon that was the same i could click on,
I tryed refreshing the desktop, nothing. Also, the taskbar was on the left if
that helps at all, though i just moved it back to the bottom.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi,

See if a System Restore rollback helps.

How to restore the operating system to a previous state in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


After a reboot the icons on the desktop were moved and were duplicated. After
clicking on one of the 'duplicated' icons i realised that it wasn't an actual
icon, i couldn't click it. The other icon that was the same i could click on,
I tryed refreshing the desktop, nothing. Also, the taskbar was on the left if
that helps at all, though i just moved it back to the bottom.