i deleted the desktop icon for I E/sent it to recycle bin.iwant to know how to get it back /without having to replace it with an icon with the dreaded white arrow in the bottom left corner. i have tried going to control panel-display-desktop-customize desktop/no luck.i am running windows xp home adtn/sp2.any advice would be much appreciated.
View 7 RepliesI don't remember the conditions that brought this about, but I have a very small Excel icon on my notebook's desktop that can't be deleted. It does not load and has no display when you right or left click on it and remains in the same spot.
View 1 Replies View RelatedOn the quick launch toolbar, it comes with the Show Desktop icon. I deleted this not thinking I would need it.I tried to remove the quick launch bar through the task bar options, and I looked in Windows XP setup to see if it was sitting there.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI don't know what i did but my "IE" icon and "My Computer" Icon vanished from my desktop and start menue.
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhen I click on my C Drive icon in my computer it opened another program. I deleted this program and now get a message saying it cannot find the deleted program. Does anyone know how to fix this?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI installed 'Virtual CD 5.0.6' on my desktop I installed 10 virtual drives (labelled drive G to P inclusive) I have an external hard drive (labelled 'Local Disk: L) which was turned off when i installed Virtual CD.When i turned on the external HD it did not show in My Computer (presumably because i had allocated drive L as a virtual drive I have uninstalled Virtual CD (and all 10 virtual drives) but still do not get my External HD icon showing in 'My Computer'When i go into device manager the Maxtor External HD is showing. And when i go to the 'Unplug Eject Hardware' icon on my tool bar the HD shows as a USB Mass Storage Device (but without a letter)
View 1 Replies View RelatedJust wondering why when you drag an IE http short cut to the desktop, it does not display the site logo icon. Sometimes, they will show and others not. I have had them even come and go after different sessions. I log on to Internet both through work firewall and at home on network through firewall and in motels through open and firewall protected isps.
I have Windows XP, and I may have accidentely deleted "something" that rendered my desktop disabled. I have no Start button, icons, clock, nothing. Just my wallpaper. Right click doesnt do anything. Ive searched everywhere and cannot seem to get a legit answer. Im not that computer saavy but can follow directions!
View 4 Replies View RelatedRecently, about a week ago, my PC froze so I had no choice but to manually shut it down. After I rebooted it, any files aside from program icons and windows explorer icons were gone (i.e folders, videos, pictures all gone).
I am no expert on how to recover these. I had some really important, and meaningful files from there
One folder keeps re-ppearing on my desktop. I can't delete it. - When I try to delete it, it says: "Cannot read from the source file or disk- When I put one file inside, I can delete it. But later on, it re-appears
View 10 Replies View RelatedRunning winXP.I recently accidentally deleted Userinit.exe due to a false positive. Desktop would not load up but could still run programs.read somewhere that userinit.exe ran explorer.exe so tried running that from run.would start to work, brought desktop n everything up, but would freeze.on a whim i opened the control panel from run to see if there was anything i could do from there.When i ran control, it started my desktop and everything worked just fine.
Since then, i can start everything normally from running control when i start up. but i imagine it would still be healthier for my computer in general to have userinit working properly. however, here is where my computer knoledge fades. from reading other similar probs, it would seem that userinit has different parts? reg keys ect. only part of the whole working userinit configuration or whatever seems to have been deleted, since reading others who have had it fail completely dont appear to be able to do anything with their comps. so wondering how i can go about finding out which part i need to replace/fix. looked in i386, and there is a userinit, but when i go to copy it over to sys32, says overwrite? i didnt, since i would assume that means that part is fine. any ideas on what i need to replace?
By mistake I unzipped some Microsoft Flight Simulator texture files to my desktop [from a safe site I have been using for years] instead of the intended FS04 folder. I deleted the files and cleared the recycle bin, the next time I turned on the system all the files were on the desktop again. I restored the system back a few days before the files were unzipped, no luck, the files reappear every time my computer is turned on.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to remove an icon that says "install_flash_player", but every time I try, it says "Cannot delete install_flash_player: It is being used by another person or Program. Close any programs that may be using the file and try again."
I've tried shutting down the pc, but that didn't work. I've closed all programs when trying to delete it but it won't go. I then tried opening my task manager to view processes, but am unsure as to which process to end.
I applied eo Dell for credit to order items. When I received my reply, an icon appeared on my desktop that was titled credit decision. How do I delete it?
View 1 Replies View Relatedsorry about the title i have so many problems i didnt know what to put
ok problem 1 my show desktop icon has given up the ghost , ive tried everything including enetering this
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
myself and saving it as ShowDesktop.scf , but click it and nothing? the keyboard shortcut works (win key + D) but the script wont
I will click on a desktop icon and nothing happens. Well, the hour glass comes up but thats it, nothing else happens. I can click on several icons and the exact thing happens each time (nothing). Control-alt-del will not work either. After letting the computer idle for about 5 minutes I will click on anything and then every single icon that I clicked on earlier will all pop up at once.
View 1 Replies View RelatedNot to be seen. when I go to my computer and then to the desktop, ok it shows there so I have to move the item into a desktop folder. Close my computer, go to my desktop and move that item out of the folder back onto the desktop.... this has gone on for a long time and it's starting to get old...
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am running Windows Xp Pro on a network. I have version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600. My problem is that last Friday my desktop icons started having a blue back ground behind them. I have tried right clicking on the desktop and clicking properties then the desktop tab and there I can change the background colors, but I want the background to go away totally. I used to have just the icon and words with no back ground color at all. Can anyone help? I've compared the setting on this laptop to my other one at home and didn't come up with anything there. I also tried to restore the system to a date prior to Friday, but I get the message can not restore for every restore point I have chosen.
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View 7 Replies View Relatedi installed a hp 750 all in one printer from a cd . Operating System is windows 2000 pro. Printer is working fine scanning is getting a message their is no director icon on the desktop.checked in device manager and their is no imaging devices listed.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI installed Nero Ultra 7 Edition, every thing went fine, but there is no icon on my desktop for it. I have looked everywhere for it cant be found. I have installed it 2 times. Hope you can help me.I have Windows XP Profesional SP2.
View 14 Replies View RelatedAfter putting Dell E520 in sleep mode for a day. upon restart logged in and a desktop came up that looked like a default dell set-up some program icons were there but my desktop image was not. No folders. Nothing I had customized for me was there.It was as if all files and folders I created or saved were deleted with no trace left behind.went into BIOS cked around everything looked o.k then shut down and started up same thing again. After doing this twice Started up again and logging in normally Everything came back up all folders and files , my desktop image everything as I had left it 2 days ago , totally strange.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI tried Customize Desktop under Display Settings for Desktop, the box next to Administrative Tools is not checked, but when I reboot, the icon is still there.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am having a 'blank' desktop icon added when I exit cbsnews.com. At least that seems to be when it happens. When I right click on the icon it says
Type of file: File
Description: blank
Location: c:Desktopetc
Size: 196 bytes
Size on Disk: 4.00 kb
This playlist icon keeps repeapearing after I delete it.
View 2 Replies View Relatednoticed an icon on my desktop representing the email I had read (and deleted). Now I can't delete the icon. It is grayed out and I get the message "Cannot delete file: cannot read from source disk or file"-no kidding. How do I get rid of this thing?
View 14 Replies View RelatedRun xp SP2. Computer won't shut down. Started couple of days ago. Do not remeber installing any programs just before that. Starts the process, all icons disappear from desktop, than freezes. Stops cold. Only way to turn off is by pulling plug
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