Comments on: Desktop Icons And Taskbar Disappear

By: grit96

grit96 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:05:13 +0000

You could try CTRL + ALT + DELETE then click NEW TASK then type in EXPLORER. This should bring your taskbar and icons back.

By: Rover71

Rover71 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:29:19 +0000

Posted a reply in 2008, but possibly didn’t clarify it enough. When restarting system after overnight complete shut-off, sometimes taskbar icons aren’t shown on Samsung LCD monitor. Just rebooting the monitor has always fixed it for us. Hope this helps—-Harv

By: Fer

Fer — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:18:00 +0000

I opened task manager and went to run.
Typed in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
This did a system restore which has fixed the problem for now

By: handlin

handlin — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:40:40 +0000

I put some easy ways to get to your desktop in entries at the bottom of this list. May 20 & May 23 are dates. Hope they help.

By: idohno

idohno — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:02:21 +0000

Its just a virus. So don’t do anything drastic. Try using Malwarebytes first.

By: idohno

idohno — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:38:05 +0000

Did you get it yet?

By: handlin

handlin — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:44:46 +0000

Do you know that there is an option to show or not show the desktop icons? Sometimes that is the problem. The location of the option is shown below.
Right click your desktop, point to Arrange Icons By; in the 3rd group of menu options is one named “Show Desktop Icons.” If there is no check mark before it, click it to turn it on. There should be a check mark before it now.

By: emji

emji — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:50:46 +0000

Hi! i also encountered the same problem. I tried the steps mentioned above but it didn’t fix the problem… any workarounds pls?

By: idohno

idohno — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:28:33 +0000

Thanks handlin. I never use the key shortcuts. Might be time to start. Even I can remember those maybe.

By: handlin

handlin — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:53:01 +0000

IF taskbar and Icons are missing, you can access programs folders etc by using the Windows key o the keyboard. It is the one with the windows “flag ont it, mostly commonly between the Alt and Ctrl keys. There are usually 2 identical buttons (on either side of the space bar – they are the same.

Press the Windows button alone to pop up the Start menu.
Press the Windows key and the letter E together and pop up “My Computer” folder from which you can access any folder or file. You can also move up a level to view the contents of your desktop – so all shortcuts etc are available to you.