Help to bring my icons back on the screen.

Anonymous
2011-01-18T19:02:01+00:00

I need to bring my icons back up on my wallpaper screen. Don't know how I hid them. Can't seem to bring them back up on the screen. What do I do?

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Anonymous
2011-01-18T19:13:16+00:00

You may have accidentally hidden the icons.

To unhide desktop icons:

  1. Right-click on the desktop and open the "Arrange Icons By" sub-menu.
  2. In the sub-menu, click "Show Desktop Icons" to uncheck it.

Hope this helps

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-11-18T14:58:20+00:00

    After trying other solutions others offered and half a day trying every thing possible, your simple instruction got the job  done. Thanks a million

    Bruce Macdonald

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-29T05:33:24+00:00

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-19T18:13:39+00:00

    I need to bring my icons back up on my wallpaper screen. Don't know how I hid them. Can't seem to bring them back up on the screen. What do I do?

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  4. Reza-Ameri 45,891 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-12-19T18:41:02+00:00

    This is old question and it has been answered. In addition support for Windows XP has been ended:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14223/windows-xp-end-of-support 

    If you have similar question, first look into answer and replies and if problem persist, then ask new question.

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