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desktop shows background scene but no icons

Comment:

I can get into task manager and to command prompt but cannot open anything beginning with C:\ . Do not want to format hard drive but wondering if I can uninstall windows then reinstall and save my files. Thank You, Howard Carlson hdcrec@gmail.com

Name: aegis1
Date: October 5, 2009 at 16:16:02 Pacific

Reply:

The following is probably worth a try. Drive Association Fix (Restores default settings for hard drives) at: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_ass... * * * * * * Restore the desktop icons and Taskbar #195 on the right side at: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_...

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