desktop screen but no icons please help

bombx3 · 12-23-2008, 12:09 PM

hello on my toshiba on boot up it asks for my passwords loads and the desktop screen comes up but with no icons ,does anyone no how i can get them back so i can use the thing
Regards
Ray

bombx3 · 12-23-2008, 03:56 PM

and i have no task bar along the bottom

**kinbard** · 12-23-2008, 04:12 PM

Press ctrl, alt del at the same time, choose taskmanager, click file, new task, type explorer.exe
When did this begin happening?

bombx3 · 12-23-2008, 04:18 PM

thanks for the reply
i shut the laptop down for a couple of hours and turned it back on and it asked for password and loaded but with out icons or taskbar

**kinbard** · 12-23-2008, 04:24 PM

Did what I post work?

12-23-2008, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
bombx3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 30 OS: xp	desktop screen but no icons please help hello on my toshiba on boot up it asks for my passwords loads and the desktop screen comes up but with no icons ,does anyone no how i can get them back so i can use the thing Regards Ray

12-23-2008, 03:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
bombx3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 30 OS: xp	Re: desktop screen but no icons please help and i have no task bar along the bottom

12-23-2008, 04:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
kinbard TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,459 OS: Experimenter	Re: desktop screen but no icons please help Press ctrl, alt del at the same time, choose taskmanager, click file, new task, type explorer.exe When did this begin happening? __________________ Half viking, half pirate, stronger than both XP Repair Malware Removal Vista Repair Downgrade Vista

12-23-2008, 04:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
bombx3 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 30 OS: xp	Re: desktop screen but no icons please help thanks for the reply i shut the laptop down for a couple of hours and turned it back on and it asked for password and loaded but with out icons or taskbar

12-23-2008, 04:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
kinbard TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,459 OS: Experimenter	Re: desktop screen but no icons please help Did what I post work? __________________ Half viking, half pirate, stronger than both XP Repair Malware Removal Vista Repair Downgrade Vista