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re: A Simple Solution to getting Icons back on Desktop and Start Menu
Monday, June 16, 2008 at 7:54 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19732 messages posted)
I doubt seriously that this will help anyone. You should have switched the default
to display all hidden files and file folders long ago.
On Monday, June 16, 2008 at 1:40 am, Soonyow wrote:
>I spent 6 hairpulling hours trying to figure out how to get my files icons back
after
>they disppeared from the desktop and start menu of my XP laptop. System restore
>icon was not even available anymore. After searching the internet, downloading
and
>trying fix tools, and fearing I lost my most prescious files, I finally figured
it
>out. It's really amazingly simple - no complex problem with missing DLLs, Registry
>deletions, or trojans. Here it is: I clicked on the "My Computer" icon (one of
>the very few icons left of the desktop), then I clicked on the Local Disk (C) and
>opened it. On the top left side of this screen is "System Tasks" box and in it
it
>said "show or Unhide (I forget which) the contents of the drive". I clicked on
that
>and the "Documents and Settings" folder suddenly appeared (among other previously
>hidden folders). I right clicked on that folder, clicked on its "Properties".
I
>saw that the "hidden" box of Attributes was Checked! I unchecked it and it went
>into a file tranfer mode restoring all the files that were previously hidden. Voila!
>all my start menu and desktop icons re-appeared again. whew! For some really stupid
>reason, I had previously check marked the "hidden" box in the properties of the
Documents
>and Settings folder - it's SO important. Lesson learned...don't mess with a folder's
>properties, especially this one. I hope this will help someone.
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