Desktop icons not working at all

[Modemac]

Here's a strange one...on a Windows 2000 desktop (service pack 4), the
icons have suddenly stopped working. All the icons are there on the
desktop, but when I double-click on any icon or folder, nothing
happens. There are no error messages at all; I simply cannot open up
any folder or icon on the desktop. This includes My Computer - if I
double-click on it, nothing happens. The Start Menu works, the
Quick-Launch buttons on the toolbar work. I can run programs when I go
through the Start Menu (Start, Programs, etc.); only the desktop icons
do not work at all.

Any suggestions?

 

[Dave]

anyone at the office mad at you, or like practical jokes? there was an old
joke where you took a snapshot of the desktop and made that the wallpaper
then hid the real icons.