yep rebooted after each attempt. Right now he can still use it, so he's happy. Thanks On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Albert Bundt DCB <albert.bundt@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > did you reboot yet? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Aiello > To: PCTT > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:25 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Desktop Problem > > A friend here got a book called Vista for dummies. He was doing some of > the > things the book suggested to help Vista run better, when he lost his > desktop > icons. He does not remember what he did to lose them and is not willing > to > redo the things listed in the book to try to get them back. > I first tried the right click on the task bar and made sure the show desk > top was checked. it was. I then right clicked on the desktop icon in the > quick launch. That did not help. > I think I remember this coming up a while back but I can't find it. > Any Ideas. > He's running Vista home basic. > Thanks > Steve > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To unsubscribe or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------