Windows desktop icons disappear or missing [solved]

Posted by Lgeek on January 23rd, 2010

Windows Vista and Windows 7 have a new feature that allows you to completely remove all icons from the desktop. I don’t know why would anyone want to do that but it’s possible.

If this feature is unexpectedly applied without the user knowledge, it can really be disorienting. Suddenly all icons on the desktop are gone and you don’t know how it happened.

When this is applied, users are unable to create files of folders on the desktop as well.

To fix the problem, right-click on the desktop then select –> View –> Show desktop icons.

That’s all. It’s that easy.

Plaza

Hi guys,

I found the cause of the misteriously disappearing Windows 7 desktop icons and the reaon why Show desktop icons now and then gets unchecked.

It’s INFRARECORDER !! Try for yourselves, when you start Infrarecorder and close it again, go have a look at “Show desktop icons”, it is unchecked (but the icons are still there). Check it on again and start Infrarecorder…. it is unchecked again.

This Windows 7 “bug” is irritating me since the beginning and now I found the cause: It’s Infrarecorder which is causing this problem.

Test it, please let me know and spread the news
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I tried to reproduce what you’re describing above in Windows Vista but not successful.

Or maybe I’m doing it wrong, but anyways, thanks for the information