Missing Desktop Icons

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rileyjm

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Hey, all! My brother bought a new laptop a few weeks ago and now whenever he starts the computer from shutdown, none of the desktop icons appear. The taskbar is showing, and all of the desktop icons are located in the desktop folder, however none of them show up. The only remedy I have found so far is unchecking the " Show Desktop Icons" option and then re-enabling it. This only works until the computer is shutdown again, in which case they disappear when it starts up. Does anyone happen to know what the cause of this is? I scanned the computer using Avast but nothing was flagged as being suspicious.

The laptop is an Asus U81A-RX05 running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1. Let me know if there is any other information that might be able to help.

Thanks!

Joe
 

My Computer

System One

rileyjm:

See if this Applies:

Right-click the Power icon in the System tray.
Go to Power4Gear Extreme.
If you're in Quiet Office mode look for an option in the lower corner "Hide Desktop Icons".
If so, Just Say No.

Ardneh
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq/SR5130NX
    CPU
    AMD AthlonTM 64x2 3800+
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE
Whoops, I didn't notice the age of this thread. So I deleted my comment.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Vista Home Premium 64 bit SP2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Cyberpower
    CPU
    Intel Quad CPU Q6700 2.67 GHZ
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA 780i
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr
    Sound Card
    Sound Blaster SB Audigy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2436
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung HD 105SI WDC WD20
    Case
    Apevia XJupiter
    Cooling
    air
    Mouse
    Logitech MX 600
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX 3200
    Internet Speed
    30 Mbps
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