Windows 7 All my desktop icons gone

[jason591]

All my icons gone. Ive tried going into my users file in my computer and the icons are there but not on my desktop. Any ideas?

 

[DJburner]

Hy, rightclick, view, show desktop icons.

 

[jason591]

Yea i tried that and it didnt work.

 

[davidhk129]

Suggestions :
1. Do a system restore.
Pick a date when your desktop icons were present as your restore point.

2. Rebuild your icon cache. Yours might be corrupted.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/49819-icon-cache-rebuild.html

 

[Josephur]

If you have System Restore on with Previous Versions of files enabled, you can simply browse to C:\Users\YourUsername and right click on the Desktop folder, chose the Previous Versions tab and restore files from there.

 

[Mike]

How to rebuild icon cache?

This issue can occur by corrupted icon cache. To fix the issue, please rebuild icon cache.


1. Click the Start button, and click Computer .

2. On the Tool bar, click Organize and choose Folder and Search Options .

3. Click the View tab, and check to select the Show hidden files and folders option , and click OK .

4. Then, enter the following directory:


%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local


5. Find the IconCache.db file, and rename it as IconCache.db.old.

6. Close the window, and restart the computer.

See also:

Icon cache gets corrupted

Source: Microsoft Technet

 

[Ralph Bromley]

For me desktop icons on windows seems moot now thanks to the superbar.
Then again I usually like a clean desktop free of junk, its something we Mac and Linux users can agree on.