re: fresh install of XP has problems Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 4:39 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Romasurus !!! (344 messages posted) They are not there by default. Right click on an unpopulated area of the desktop, choose properties, and from ther I can't remember because I am now using W7. BUT what you want is in one of the menues in the properties. It is at the top and there are a number of check boxes for the icons you seek THAT are unchecked. Make sure after you check them you click on apply. On Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:32 am, Rick wrote: >I bought XP Home a few years ago. Well, i had to do a fresh install today on my >laptop. Well, after it completed, there is no desktop items. No "My Documents" >folder, no "Recycley Bin", etc. Can i manually put those items on the desktop? >I don't wanna spend another half-hour doing a repair install of XP. > Written in response to: fresh install of XP has problems (Rick: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:32 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] fresh install of XP has problems (Rick: Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 1:32 am) re: fresh install of XP has problems (Romasurus !!!: Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 4:39 am) re: fresh install of XP has problems (Romasurus !!!: Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 7:08 am) re: fresh install of XP has problems (Kevinh: Mon, Nov 9, 2009, 5:22 am) 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 XP Discussion Forum