Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

[chris.peressotti]

Hi. I've seen a few older posts about this (from 2001, 2003, etc.)
but I'm not sure if they're relevant.

When I turned on my computer this morning, everything was fine. I
have not installed any new programs, run anything that I don't usually
run in the course of a day, I haven't run any mystery-attachments from
e-mails, etc. I went away from my computer for about 1/2 hour this
afternoon and, when I returned, all of my desktop icons were gone;
however, when I look at the Desktop folder under my profile, they're
all there.

I know that nothing happens for no reason, but I don't know what could
have happened. My windows updates aren't completely automatic, so it
can't be an update gone wrong.

I've read advice to try adding a Max Cached Icons string value in the
registry, but that didn't work; also, there's talk of a file called
shelliconcache in the "windows folder", but I definitely don't have
one of those in my "WinNT" folder. Is the only solution to delete my
profile and start over? (That's the one other piece of advice I've
seen.)

Thanks for any help you can give,

- Chris

 

[Guest]

Hi,

suggest

1) Delete Shelliconcache from WINNT directory

2) Load WIN2k powertoys and use the 'tweak' option to ''repair icons''

If you don't use the powertoys, you don't know what your missing as they
say!!!

rgds
JR

 

[David Webb]

Just for kicks, right click on the Desktop and select Active Desktop from the
menu. Be sure that "Show Desktop Icons" is checked.

 

[chris.peressotti]

Just for kicks, right click on the Desktop and select Active Desktop from the

menu. Be sure that "Show DesktopIcons" is checked.

Yes, interesting... it was not checked. Similarly, if I turn off Web
Content, then the icons also come back. I wonder what triggered
this? At least it was painless to fix.

Thanks!

- Chris

 

[David Webb]

You're welcome....and thanks for the feedback!

Yes, interesting... it was not checked. Similarly, if I turn off Web
Content, then the icons also come back. I wonder what triggered
this? At least it was painless to fix.

Thanks!

- Chris