no desktop icons

[Guest]

I cant right click my desktop, i can pull up the desktop through my start
menu, but i cant add anything to my origianl desktop view, the items are not
there. I looked to see if the desktop was locked and its not, there is
nothing wrong with the computer my anti-virus says, but i recently caught a
virus and i think that this is the issue, i recieved it through AIM i think
and it was a link, it created a bunch of shortcuts on my desktop but i have
no resolution to get the icons back onto my desktop
Please help

thank you

Nick

 

[Guest]

Have you tried to navigate to the Desktop folder and check to see if your
security permissions have been altered?

 

[Guest]

How exactly do i navigate to see if my security settings have been changed?
I am not really familiar with tasks that involve these types of problems, I
am not the best with computers, thank you for your help so far

Nick

 

[Guest]

Navigate to the directory C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>
Right click on Desktop > select Properties > click Security tab > click your
user name in the "Group or user names:" section. Your permissions are
displayed below.