Desk top icons and start icon missing

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Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Your Desktop Icons Are Missing in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.co­m/xp_tweaks.htm and scroll down to
Item No. 195 (right column), click on "Restore Desktop Icons and
Taskbar".

Install this registry fix, then reboot your computer.

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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

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"clueless" wrote:

| I've been forced to work off/on line through my task manager. After
| installing DSL and running the anti virus and spyware recommended, my icons
| and start emblem vanished upon my restart of windows the next day. IN
| DESPERATE NEED OF HELP.