re: No desktop at start up Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 2:41 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ed (673 messages posted) REVERT TO A REGISTRY BACKUP Boot to DOS (using a bootable floppy disk, e.g. from http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt - SCANREG /RESTORE Note the space before the forward slash in this command. Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being from before the problem arose. By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can go back to before the problem arose. When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored, restart the computer normally. Ed On Friday, October 5, 2007 at 6:16 pm, Rob wrote: >When I switch on the computer it goes through all the normal 'start up' stuff and >then leaves me with no icons at all on my desktop. I have tried the Boot disk and >gone into Safe Mode but no icons there either. It's as if my hard drive is no longer >there. >I am (obviously) using another computer to write this. Is this a solvable problem >or has my computer died? Written in response to: No desktop at start up (Rob: Friday, October 5, 2007 at 6:16 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] No desktop at start up (Rob: Fri, Oct 5, 2007, 6:16 pm) re: No desktop at start up (Joe Hepperle: Tue, Oct 9, 2007, 8:23 am) re: No desktop at start up (Ed: Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 2:41 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum