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How do I put it back on my desktop?

Seems like a simple enough fix, yet with XP, I'm stumped..

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Right-click on your Desktop and select:
Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Restore Default

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"RLM" wrote:

| How do I put it back on my desktop?
|
| Seems like a simple enough fix, yet with XP, I'm stumped..
|
| Thanks

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Thanks, much appreciated! :))


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> Right-click on your Desktop and select:
> Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop > Restore Default
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/se [...] hoose.mspx
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "RLM" wrote:
>
> | How do I put it back on my desktop?
> |
> | Seems like a simple enough fix, yet with XP, I'm stumped..
> |
> | Thanks
>

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from start menu, go to the My Documents listed there, right click and click
"Show on Desktop".

"RLM" <rlm42459[nospam]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How do I put it back on my desktop?
>
> Seems like a simple enough fix, yet with XP, I'm stumped..
>
> Thanks
>

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