Have you ever been working in Windows and had a program freeze, causing
all of your desktop icons to disappear? In most cases, everything
vanishes, including the Start button and taskbar.
all of your desktop icons to disappear? In most cases, everything
vanishes, including the Start button and taskbar.
Normally, to get out of this situation, you have to restart your computer
and hope that whatever caused Windows to crash goes away. There are two
possibilities for why your desktop icons are missing: either something has
gone wrong with the explorer.exe process, which handles the desktop, or
the icons are simply hidden.
and hope that whatever caused Windows to crash goes away. There are two
possibilities for why your desktop icons are missing: either something has
gone wrong with the explorer.exe process, which handles the desktop, or
the icons are simply hidden.
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Usually, If the entire taskbar disappears, it’s an explorer.exe issue. In
this article, I’ll go over a few options for resolving either of these
problems.
this article, I’ll go over a few options for resolving either of these
problems.
Note: If all you want to do is get the computer, Control Panel, Recycle
Bin, Network, or User’s Files icons back, then you just need to
right-click on the desktop, click Personalize, press Change desktop icons
on the left-hand menu, and then check the icons you want on the
desktop.
Bin, Network, or User’s Files icons back, then you just need to
right-click on the desktop, click Personalize, press Change desktop icons
on the left-hand menu, and then check the icons you want on the
desktop.
Show Desktop Icons
The latter method is easier to fix. In Windows XP, Arrange Icons by
right-clicking on the desktop. By. Next check the Show Desktop Icons
item.
right-clicking on the desktop. By. Next check the Show Desktop Icons
item.
Method 01: Enable Show desktop icons
Check that the “Show desktop icon” feature on Windows 10 is turned on:
01. Right-click your desktop, click View, and check Show desktop icons.
02. Check to see if your desktop icons are back. If not, try Method 2,
below.
below.
Method 2: Check your desktop icon settings
01. Right-click your desktop and click Personalize.
02. Click Themes > Desktop icon settings.
03. Select the icons you want to show on the desktop, then click OK.
04. Check if your “desktop icons missing” problem is resolved. If not,
try Method 3, below.
try Method 3, below.
Method 3: Rebuild icon cache
You can also attempt the following steps to rebuild the icon cache:
01. Run Command Prompt as administrator.
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02. Copy-paste the following commands one at a time and press Enter
after each command.
after each command.
taskkill /F /IM explorer.execd /d %userprofile%AppDataLocalattrib –h IconCache.dbdel IconCache.dbstart explorer.exe
03. Check if it helps restore your desktop icons.
