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re: comment about 'Refresh the Desktop without Restarting Windows' Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 4:56 am Posted by Jas Shephard (1 messages posted) I found the refresh would not work. By using ctrl-alt-del to bring up the task manager, select 'Processes' tab. Right click explorer.exe and End Process. Say Yes to warning box. This clears the desktop. In Windows Task Manager which should still be open select file, New Task. Type explorer in text box and click OK. Desktop should now be restored. On Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:24 am, john milner wrote: >also, to refresh the icons on the desktop. I find just right-click on the desktop >and a small window comes up and there is a "refresh" there, click that, and icons >should be refreshed. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum