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Desktop Disappeared

  • 11-05-2006 2:07pm
    #1
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭


    Hey, My Desktop has compleatly disappeared and I can only access Programmes from the Task Manager.

    Has anybody got any idea how to get my Desktop on screen again. All the icons and the Start button are gone. Also the MY Computer icon in the Task Manager list is empty. It's just a blank file but I can still access My Computer options through it.


Comments

  • #2
    lovell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭lovell


    if u reboot in safe mode, is your desktop there??


  • #3
    segasega
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭segasega


    Happened to a friend! Big problem! Some virus or other.


  • #4
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭Passenger


    How do I Reboot in Safe Mode this?

    I have ran Ad-Aware, Spybot and AVG and found nothing.

    I did have a VX2 that Adaware couldn't get rid of but Spybot seems to have gotten rid of it.

    Any Suggestions?


  • #5
    lovell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 157 ✭✭lovell


    reboot and keep pressing f8


  • #6
    Serbian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,170 ✭✭✭Serbian


    What happens if you open Task Manager, choose File -> New Task (Run...) and then type 'explorer' without the quotes in the box that pops up?


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  • #7
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭Passenger


    I tried it in Safe Mode but a black screen appears with Safe Mode on it. Explorer doesn't open.



    I tried typing explorer into the Task Manager Run window and it says Cannot find Explorer.


  • #8
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Also Explorer doesn't appear in the Task Manager Processes window.


  • #9
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Try START>RUN>type IEXPLORE and hit ENTER
    or START>RUN>type explorer and ht ENTER


  • #10
    Passenger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,150 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Yep tried them.

    IEXPLORE takes me to eircom website.


  • #11
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Boot into Safe Mode
    From Applications tab - click New Task - pop in %systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and do a System Restore back to a date when it was working.


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  • #12
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Passenger wrote:
    Yep tried them.

    IEXPLORE takes me to eircom website.

    So, with your browser window open, can you browse to your desktop from there? Just type DESKTOP in your browser and see what happens


  • #13
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    my friend has this problem on his laptop too, im guessing its some virus, we have tried everything to sort it but no luck, the only thing tha worked was a format and reinstalling, as a repair install didnt do the trick.

    if you ever find out how to fix this let me know


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