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Missing icons

Jun 16, 2004 12:18AM PDT

When I put shortcut to desktop or drag an icon from taskbar to desktop they just disappear.I found a folder listed as "DESKTOP" and they are all there.
How can I make them all come up on desktop?? It was something stupid that I think I caused. Jim

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NT - ''Whose Desktop'', from taskbar, & what OS?
Jun 16, 2004 12:26AM PDT

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Re: Missing icons
Jun 16, 2004 12:26AM PDT

hockey77, Right click your desktop,choose arrange icons, then click Show desktop icons to checkmark it.

Tufenuf

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Re: Missing icons
Jun 16, 2004 1:06AM PDT

Thank you very much. Two clicls and I was back in business. Jim

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Re: Missing icons
Jun 16, 2004 1:37AM PDT

Jim, Glad to help and Thanks for posting back that all is now OK.

Tufenuf