[TechAssist] [Fwd: Re: Dell Demention 2350 tower (XP-Home) no desktop icons]
- From: Phil Bader <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "techassist >> \"techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx\"" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:59:34 -0400
2nd update:
rebooting put it back to the no-icon symptom again.Didn't stay.
So I again went to that command line, to "C",weaved my way thru the
folders, til I again located a file canned "repair". Clicking it again
restored the desktop icons. Now that I have them, i was able to go to
control panel, performance and mainyainence, and on to system restore
where I set it back to a restore point a month ago. rebooted, icons are
there, all works OK.
Whew.
The trick was getting the desktop working so I could access the restore
function in the first place!
Not bad for a neophyte!
Phil Bader
Phil Bader wrote:
> In normal windows, I went to the task manager window again. Somewhere
> within all the options I found a command line. I typed "C:" and saw the
> files on the left side (C,D, program files,desktop,etc) I highlighted
> "desktop" and behold: the icons appeared! You know how you go down a
> dozen steps and restore something, but it's almost impossible to retrace
> the path. I then went to start,programs, defrag. It's defragging now. I
> will then see if this has nortons and do a virus scan. I don't know if
> it will remain OK when I reboot.
> Phil Bader
>
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