That restore function sure makes it easy to fix some screwy things that would take a loooong time to figure out and repair. Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:59 PM Subject: [TechAssist] [Fwd: Re: Dell Demention 2350 tower (XP-Home) no desktop icons] > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > Philip Bader > Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 > Fax (863) 299-8821 > email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/