Cannot see Icons on Desktop

[tony]

I had a hard drive crash, Did a clean install for Win XP
pro. everything went fine. All my icons are missing on my
desktop all it show's is the Recyle Bin.

Thanks,

Tony

 

[purplehaz]

Right click desktop, properties, desktop tab, customize desktop, check what
you want to show.

 

[Les Herrman]

I had a hard drive crash, Did a clean install for Win XP
pro. everything went fine. All my icons are missing on my
desktop all it show's is the Recyle Bin.

Thanks,

Tony

And the problem is?

A "clean" install will do just that. The only icon on the desktop
will be the recycle bin in a "clean" install.

If you are looking for previous programs' icons. Then you will need
to re-install those programs.

 

[Richard Harris]

And the problem is?

A "clean" install will do just that. The only icon on the desktop
will be the recycle bin in a "clean" install.

If you are looking for previous programs' icons. Then you will need
to re-install those programs.

 

[Richard Harris]

To put your My Computer, Network Places, Internet Explorer and My Documents
back, right click on the desktop, choose Properties, click the Desktop tab,
then click the 'Customize Desktop' button

 

[Richard Harris]

OK - sorry about that, stupid optical mouse went mad on me.

Anyway as I was saying - right click on the desktop, choose properties,
click the desktop tab, then click the Customize Desktop button. When the new
window opens, put a tick in all the boxes you want icons on the desktop for.

Hope this helps

Rich