Half of Desktop Icons Missing!!!! Please help 1

[johnsonrs12]

Windows 7 64bit, half the icons on desktop are randomly missing including short cuts. So that cuts out A: Show desktop icons (because i can see some of them) and B: I dont need to go to settings to make sure my basic desktop icons are enabled (because they are) I can see recycle bin, my computer...ect. Any ideas? Thank You

 

[DSummZZZ]

Windows 7 has a 'cleanup' routine it run every now and then and when it does that, it removes icons it thinks aren't being used anymore. This can be due to network timeouts or disconnects, not having been accessed for a while or whatever. Whoever at Microsoft dreamed up this stupidity needs a kick in the knee. It has caused me grief on way too many occasions. We now disable that idiocy on every new computer we set up at our company. Try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/978980

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[goombawaho]

I never knew this existed. But then again, why would there be more than FOUR BROKEN shortcuts on your desktop? To me, that is bizarre.

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[strongm]

>removes icons it thinks aren't being used anymore

No, not in automatic mode, not does the posted link suggest that it does.

I rather think this is more likely to be a corrupt icon cache. Try

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+rebuild+icon+cache+windows+7

 

[cdogg]

Also, check to see if your desktop has a "black" background. If so, then that might mean you're logged into a temporary profile and not really your personal profile. That can be a pain to fix if that's the case, so let us know and we'll go from there.



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[DSummZZZ]

No, not in automatic mode, not does the posted link suggest that it does.

You're right. It doesn't suggest anything along those lines really. Method 1 says it will clean up more than four broken shortcuts. However, I know for a fact that several computers in operation at our company, each containing a desktop shortcut to a server based app would delete the icon every week until we turned that functionality off (Method 2). And I don't know why the process felt compelled to do it either as the app was in use most of the day, every day, in 24x7 locations.
We disable the task by going to:
Computer Management->System Tools->Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows->Diagnosis and click 'Disable'

As a side note, when I've experienced the corrupt icon cache the icons were there but with no images. Different issue.


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[johnsonrs12]

Icon cache is not the issue. The full icon is gone, not a broken image. Dave im not sure what to look for on your website. CDOGG No black background, it is logged in local profile.

 

[DSummZZZ]

Nothing on my website, I was referring to your computer. Click the 'Start' button/icon, then right-click on 'Computer' and select 'Manage'. It will bring up the 'Computer Management' screen. From there, follow the chain:
Computer Management->System Tools->Task Scheduler Library->Microsoft->Windows->Diagnosis and click 'Disable'


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[billyjoemc]

Thanks DSummZZZ.
worked for me!