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Start button, Taskbar and Desktop icons missing

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A desktop icon hs disappeared and I would like to know what to do to find it

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Dan MacDonald wrote :

A desktop icon hs disappeared and I would like to know what to do to find it


Startup safe mode Windows restore to date when they were present.
or repair install from windows CD


Message edited by ksiemb on 02-14-2012 at 10:45:32 PM
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Your title says that everything is missing, but your post says 'a' icon is missing.

If everything is missing, and you just have a blank desktop, press ctrl+alt+delete-->open the task manager-->click file-->new task-->type explorer.exe-->press enter.

That should restore everything.

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