Desktop icons disappeared.

[Mike Jensen]

Hi,
All my desktop icons have vanished.
When I try to paste them there, or check show on my
desktop,nothing happens, Thanks for your help, Mike

 

[Edward]

Hi, Mike.
Take a look here... www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and scroll to 'D'

Good luck,

Ed

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!

Right click on the desktop > properties > click on "Customize Desktop".
My Computer, My Documents, My Network Places,Recycle Bin can be added
or removed.
regards/
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Bee]

Take a look here... www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm and scroll to 'D'

From a past post from MVP Doug Knox:

"Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MS\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Look in the right pane for a value called NoDesktop.
If present, it should be set to 0 (zero). If not, double click the value and
set it to 0.
If it doesn't exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane, select
New, DWord value and name it NoDesktop. Leave it set at 0.

Additionally, many of your problems seem to stem from the use of 3rd party
themes software or desktop managers. I'd have to recommend that you
discontinue using these products, or read the information available on them
before installing them."

 

[Alex Nichol]

Look in the right pane for a value called NoDesktop.
If present, it should be set to 0 (zero). If not, double click the value and
set it to 0.
If it doesn't exist, right click in a blank area of the right pane, select
New, DWord value and name it NoDesktop. Leave it set at 0.

Comment - if it does not exist, there is no need to create it. Default
is to have no entries in that key, and no restrictions. After changing
from a 1 to 0, or deleting the line in the right pane, you will need at
least to refresh the desktop by hitting F5; and may need to log out and
in (I'm not sure) to bring the change into effect