lost icons on desktop

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brenda

Can anyone help me? I am running windows XP and all of a sudden for no
reason and I was not having any problems, I started my computer and my
background (wallpaper) will come up but NO ICONS including the start
buttons, etc. The only way I can "semi" get around is to launch task
manager. I cannot rightclick on the desktop to restore it. I had up
to date virus protection and ran a virus scan to rule out any viruses.
Has anyone had this happen? Thanks.
 
Try this:
Ctrl Alt Del to bring up the Task Manager
Then click File -> New Task -> Type in explorer.exe -> ok
See if anything comes up
 
brenda,

interestinly (or more upsetting) about the same time frame I lost all icons
from our desktops on XP. There are two users on the computer and the lost of
icons have only affected one of the users. If anyone has a thought PLEASE
post any and all fixes !!! very frustrating.

Mary
 
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