'Lost' toolbars and desktop icons

[Lillly]

I'm suddenly losing all my toolbars in windows explorer and I'm also losing
all my desktop shortcuts.
This happens repeatedly. I've run two different virus scans, as well as
AdAware and Spybot.
The relevant files in my 'C:\Documents and Settings' directory just seem to
vanish into thin air!
I'm only able to restore the desktop and toolbars by using the system
restore utility or by using my backup.
The system is otherwise working well.

Any ideas?

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I'm suddenly losing all my toolbars in windows explorer and I'm also losing
all my desktop shortcuts.
This happens repeatedly. I've run two different virus scans, as well as
AdAware and Spybot.
The relevant files in my 'C:\Documents and Settings' directory just seem to
vanish into thin air!

Check the HDD and also run a good virus scanner from the Safe Mode.
"How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315265)