My computer missing items

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aural_blip

Hi all

I have somehow managed to get my fresh install of XP professional into
a fix. I was tinkering around with setting some alternative icons in
the desktop settings and somehow all the icons for the drives in "my
computer" have now disappeared. I've looked around on the net and in
google groups for solutions i.e. registry alterations, group policy
changes, using tweakui etc. but none of these seem to work. It's a bit
of a conundrum because the drives are still there and accessable i.e.
if I go to "start - run - c:\" then I get the c drive window appearing.
I can even see the drives under "my computer" if I explore (i.e. in the
tree pane) while in a folder. I have tried everything and am pretty
much at a loss. So I was wondering if anyone at all has come across
this problem before and has some different solutions?

-P
 
aural_blip said:
Hi all

I have somehow managed to get my fresh install of XP professional into
a fix. I was tinkering around with setting some alternative icons in
the desktop settings and somehow all the icons for the drives in "my
computer" have now disappeared. I've looked around on the net and in
google groups for solutions i.e. registry alterations, group policy
changes, using tweakui etc. but none of these seem to work. It's a bit
of a conundrum because the drives are still there and accessable i.e.
if I go to "start - run - c:\" then I get the c drive window appearing.
I can even see the drives under "my computer" if I explore (i.e. in the
tree pane) while in a folder. I have tried everything and am pretty
much at a loss. So I was wondering if anyone at all has come across
this problem before and has some different solutions?
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Think of it this way. The My Computer windows behaves just
like an ordinary Windows Explorer window. Re-locate the folder
where you saw the drive letters. Drag them out of the folder
and back into the right pane or back into the My Computer pane.
That should work...hopefully. Moving things around can lead to
situations like this.
 
Well, maybe it's just me being a bit dim but I am not entirely certain
it's that simple. I tried this several times in different ways
including the way you suggested and it doesn't work. It will not allow
you to just copy links across in that way it seems. Of course I don't
exclude the possibility that I am doing something inanely stupid!

-P
 
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