If you are facing the problem of missing or disappeared desktop icons in window 7 then this article will help you resolve this problem effectively.
Solution # 1:
- First right click on the desktop
- Select view from the context menu
- Click on “Show Desktop Icons”
Solution # 2:
- Create a system restore point before making any changes to window registry, you can find the guidelines to create a system restore point at http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/700-system-restore.html
- Click on window Orb (Start) icon on the task bar
- Type “regedit” and press enter
- In the left pane navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
- Find a REG_SZ entry names as “shell” and check its value, which should be “Explorer.exe” without double quotation marks
- If this entry does not exist, click on Edit -> New -> String Value and name it as “Shell”
- Right Click on the “Shell” entry and click on “Modify”
- Type the name “explorer.exe” and press OK and then restart the computer
Solution # 3:
- Download MBAM from www.malwarebytes.org and install it on your computer
- Follow the installation steps and make sure “Update MalwareBytes Anti-Malware” and “Launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware” is checked
- Click Finish
- Scan and fix your computer with MBAM and restart your computer
