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Windows 7 desktop icons disappear after restart

Hello Experts. I have a win 7 laptop with 2gb ram. Every time I restart the system, my desktop items disappear. They reappear when i select show desktop items. But is there a way to stop the disappearing?

torimar

See if this helps:
http://capitalhead.com/articles/icons-on-desktop-hidden-disappeared-or-missing-on-windows-7.aspx

aduhwale

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hello torimar. The article definitely tells me what happens to my icons. and indeed i have to select show desktop icons each time. There is however no indication on how to stop this from happening?

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torimar

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aduhwale

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Okidoki, Will try this at the office tomorrow morning and update you on the result.

Thanks.

senad

it seems to me your laptop is set to use domain profile.
that is why your icons disappear.

aduhwale

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@torimar hi, did as suggested and same problem
@senad if laptop is set to domain profile, how do i fix this?

Thanks all.

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aduhwale

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Ok guys I am not sure what happened exactly but after looking for delprof file I figured it would be the same thing as creating a new user and deleting the old on so I created a new user and tested to see that desktop icons appear after restart and it was fine. I then checked my existing profile and its fine too. I think torimar's suggestion fixed it? But then I only got round to testing a new user coz of senads suggestion so I am sharing the points. Thanks guys.

aduhwale

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A combination of both suggestions lead to solution