RE: Desktop Icons do not work



Which icons are your referring to? System icons such as My Computer,
My Documents, Recycle Bin? Or, installed applications, which are not icons
but shortcuts.
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"yoda1388" wrote:

> Please help. I have WinXP Pro and recently many of my desktop icons do not
> work. I use the mouse over it, I even add new ones to replace old ones, but
> to no avail. Some work, others don't.
>
> Thanks.
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