GM Forum - Buick, Cadillac, Olds, GMC & Pontiac chat

Lounge For casual talk about things unrelated to General Motors. In other words, off-topic stuff. And anything else that does not fit Section Description.

Desk top help

 
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:10 PM
Share
  #1  
tallbump's Avatar
tallbump
Thread Starter
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,808
Likes: 0
From: Erie Pennsylvania
tallbump is on a distinguished road
Default Desk top help
So, some how most of my desk top icons are missing.There is something there, but not the icons that are supposed to be. We did nothing. i posted a question, went outside for a bit, came back in and noticed it.
I am running XP. Anyone know how to fix this?
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:16 PM
Share
  #2  
GMC Guy's Avatar
GMC Guy
Senior Member
Posts like a Supercharger
 
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 173
Likes: 0
From: Ottawa Ontario, Canada
GMC Guy is on a distinguished road
Default
house elves at work again?
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:18 PM
Share
  #3  
Gumball's Avatar
Gumball
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 15,342
Likes: 0
From: Quincy, Ma
Gumball is on a distinguished road
Default
right click refresh
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:23 PM
Share
  #4  
timothyt5's Avatar
timothyt5
Senior Member
Posts like a Supercharger
 
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 162
Likes: 0
From: Belvidere, NJ
timothyt5 is on a distinguished road
Default
Its possible that your computer did a "desktop cleanup" and removed the unused icons.

Check to see if you have a new folder on your desktop called Unused Icons or something like that. Your mising icons may be in there.

Good luck.
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 09:25 PM
Share
  #5  
dbeast420's Avatar
dbeast420
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 11,269
Likes: 0
From: My reclining computer chair
dbeast420 is on a distinguished road
Default
Why not just do a "quick launch" menu and do away with the desktop icons altogether
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:03 PM
Share
  #6  
tallbump's Avatar
tallbump
Thread Starter
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,808
Likes: 0
From: Erie Pennsylvania
tallbump is on a distinguished road
Default
This is what my desktop looks like! The programs are there, not the icons!

We tried right click refresh, didn't work!

untitled-4.jpg
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:03 PM
Share
  #7  
Darrel
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default
i think that the desktop cleanup thing puts everything into a folder on the desktop. if thats the case look for a new folder somewhere.
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:27 PM
Share
  #8  
mstrwolfgang's Avatar
mstrwolfgang
Senior Member
Posts like a Turbo
 
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 399
Likes: 0
From: Fort Worth, TX
mstrwolfgang is on a distinguished road
Default
Reboot
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:39 PM
Share
  #9  
tallbump's Avatar
tallbump
Thread Starter
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,808
Likes: 0
From: Erie Pennsylvania
tallbump is on a distinguished road
Default
Did both of those, neither worked!

We were able to create new shortcuts for some programs, but some worked and some didn't!
Reply
0
Old Jul 23, 2007 | 10:48 PM
Share
  #10  
tallbump's Avatar
tallbump
Thread Starter
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 3,808
Likes: 0
From: Erie Pennsylvania
tallbump is on a distinguished road
Default
OKay, still not sure how it happened, but I got it fixed!

This is how... http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jak..._icons_go.html
Reply
0

Thread Tools

Advanced Search

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:45 AM.