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.  

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re: fresh install of XP has problems Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 4:39 am Posted by Romasurus !!! (413 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. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: fresh install of XP has problems Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:08 am Posted by Romasurus !!! (413 messages posted) Right click on an unpopulated area of the desktop, choose properties, Customize at the bottom, Desktop tab at the top, then check the boxes in the top section. 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. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: fresh install of XP has problems Monday, November 9, 2009 at 5:22 am Posted by Kevinh (634 messages posted) That's the way to do it in Vista not XP, right click on the task bar and click "show desktop". On Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:08 am, Romasurus !!! wrote: >Right click on an unpopulated area of the desktop, choose properties, Customize at >the bottom, Desktop tab at the top, then check the boxes in the top section. > > > [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