All my desktop icons disappeared from my Windows 7 desktop

Anonymous
2009-11-30T08:07:29+00:00

I created several icons on the desktops of 4 computers after clean installed the computers with Windows 7 Profession (either with 32 bit or 64 bit versions). After a few days, some of the desktop icons disappear. However, when I click on the Desktop toolbar at the bottom of the Windows desktop, the icons that disappeared from the desktop were still present and available in the Desktop toolbar listing. I saw many users have the similar problem on the Internet but no proper solution for the problem. Any suggestion for the fix.

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Anonymous
2010-03-26T16:06:25+00:00

There is an issue with an application called InfraRecorder, this is a CD\DVD recording software. When you install this software the Windows option to Show Desktop Icons is unselected. To Fix this just turn that option back on. To turn the option back on , do this:

  1. Right click the desktop
  2. Select View -> Show Desktop Icon
  3. Make sure the option is checked.

I hope this helps.

Kevin

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Anonymous
2010-02-21T11:51:42+00:00

Hi guys,

I found the cause of the misteriously disappearing Windows 7 desktop icons and the reason why Show desktop icons now and then gets unchecked.

It's INFRARECORDER !! Try for yourselves, when you start Infrarecorder and close it again, go have a look at "Show desktop icons", it is unchecked (but the icons are still  there). Check it on again and start Infrarecorder.... it is unchecked again.

This Windows 7 "bug" is irritating me since the beginning and now I found the cause: It's Infrarecorder which is causing this problem.

Test it and please let me know and spread the news :-)

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-03T21:01:53+00:00

    Thank you, That worked perfectly....

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-11-29T19:53:17+00:00
    1. Right click on the desktop
    2. Click view
    3. Then click on show desktop icons

    Couldn't be easier.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-11-28T22:39:35+00:00

    Update to monty5511. 

    Tried that several times.  Even rebooted.  The ending the process for the explorer.exe did not work for me.  Came in Monday morning and voila - the usual icons are all gone.  One question I have is could these be "age" related?  Some of these projects are up to 3 years old and I still am trying to access them with Network shortcuts.  Perhaps a good test would be to create new ones and see if they hang around.

    But thank you for the direction and time.

    BTW:

    I'm using Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1, 64 bit on a Quadcore i7 with 8 GB Ram.  One catch is that we run Novell Zenworks.  I run Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate at home and have never had any issues whatsoever.

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