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lost desktop icons on Vista

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Original Message
Name: dorusone
Date: September 12, 2008 at 06:20:54 Pacific
Subject: lost desktop icons on Vista
OS: Vista SP1
CPU/Ram: 2 GIG
Model/Manufacturer: Packard Bell
Comment:


Lost my desktop Icons on Vista PC
(right clicking to solve this problem doesnot work !)


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Response Number 1
Name: frankhelp
Date: September 12, 2008 at 09:34:10 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

i dont know if these are the solution you are looking for but anyway try them out and let me know:
desktop icons stop working after sp1

restore the position of desktop icons

let me know if it worked and if i understood your issue correctly

WebMaster of www.webtlk.com


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Response Number 2
Name: dorusone
Date: September 15, 2008 at 00:43:33 Pacific
Reply: (edit)


first option didnot work

BUT 2nd one did the job after i doubleclicked the Layout.reg file

Thanks a lot friend !!!

i also looked at a solution of
tech-recipes.com Howto Rebuild the
Icon Cache but i couldnot find the
Iconcache.db file

(Dutch Vista SP1 is my OS)



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