Re: Missing Icons on desktop

Forgot to add that I tried to use "system restore" to go back to a point
that had been recorded about a day ago when things worked well and computer
said it couldn't restore to that point.

Windows XP Home edition
Zone Alarm firewall
Norton antivirus
Frequent scans with Spybot, Adaware, CWShredder all negative
All the above programs updated and used frequently

Thanks,

Chet

"CGB" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> All of a sudden (honest I wasn't messing around with things) about 80% of
> the icons on my desktop disappeared. I can't find out why. Perhaps I
could
> re-make them but I don't know where they are. Some were just plain
> shortcuts to programs but most were shortcuts to folders with multiple
> startup shortcuts in them. I wouldn't know where to begin to try to
> remember what all I had in them and on the desktop.
> How do I proceed?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chet
>
>


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