Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

[chris.peressotti@gmail.com]

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

 

[JR]

RE: Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

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

"chris.peressotti@gmail.com" wrote:

> 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
>
>

 

[David Webb]

Re: Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

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@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1187119139.153280.4860@l70g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> 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
>

 

[chris.peressotti@gmail.com]

Re: Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

> 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]

Re: Windows 2000 -- desktop icons have disappeared

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

<chris.peressotti@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1187186316.553891.145240@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> > 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
>