No icons on my PC only desktop background [Solved/Closed]

Question

Ask a question Report

No icons on my PC only desktop background [Solved/Closed]

DULLAH - Updated on Apr 10, 2018 at 07:58 AM - Latest reply: AZ - May 15, 2018 at 09:18 AM

Windows Ask a question Report

Hello,
When I try to turn on my PC no any icons display only desktop background i've click CTRL+ALT+Delete en then New task then I type explorer then I click ok but no responce up to this moment nothing have change so pls whats the problem

No icons on desktop
No icons on desktop windows 7 - Best answers
Windows 7 no icons on desktop - Best answers
After start up only wallpaper shows, no icons ✓ - Forum - Windows
How to change google icon on desktop - How-To - Google Chrome
How to put icons on desktop windows 8 - How-To - Windows 8
Acer laptop no icons on desktop ✓ - Forum - Laptop
All my task bar and desktop icons missing ✓ - Forum - Windows

20/35 replies

Report Respond to satvinder

satvinder Jan 16, 2009 at 03:01 AM

96

Thank you

helloooooo when u c only desktop background ...just press control+alt+delete
enter new task(run)
type explorer.exe there..
try it....

View all 18 comments

Report

needyourhelp - Mar 23, 2010 at 03:26 AM

wHAT IF IT SAYS THE FILE CANNOT BE FOUND?

Report

maria - Apr 24, 2010 at 01:52 PM

thanks alot my problem solved

Report

tenor1 - May 1, 2010 at 08:22 AM

thank you MR Genius whew that was really needed

Report

senor - Jun 20, 2010 at 10:12 AM

Genius! Saved me an hour drive to my pc working remote!

Report

winter - Oct 10, 2012 at 06:58 AM

how about if it directs you to my documents?

Report Respond to joewa

joewa

Posts: 1
Registration date: Tuesday June 15, 2010
Last seen: June 15, 2010

Jun 15, 2010 at 06:56 AM

34

Thank you

when I start my pc only wallpaper shows no icons.it displays nothin please help

Report Respond to Saad

Saad Jul 27, 2009 at 02:27 AM

31

Thank you

No icons and toolbar appear on my desktop. Please if u have asolution tell me.

Report Respond to Elgin

Elgin Feb 7, 2010 at 08:13 AM

28

Thank you

Hi everyone, my laptop has been infected with a netsky virus (not the pc I am using now). When I switch it on I get my desktop picture but no icons or task bar, also when I ctrl alt del it says task manager has been disabled by your administrator (i am the administrator). I cant log off only go into hibernate. how do I get access to my files etc or reload when I get no files?

Please help me, I have assignments due soon!!

Elgin

Report Respond to bit

bit Dec 16, 2009 at 02:27 PM

18

Thank you

right-clik -> arange icons -> show icons

Report Respond to rodjava

rodjava Feb 24, 2009 at 09:00 AM

17

Thank you

I had the exact same problem.
I was able to bring up task manager and loged off the current user and loged back in again.
This fixed the problem.

I hope this helps

View all 8 comments

Report

Leezy > angelj - Mar 1, 2009 at 03:03 PM

I had no desktop and task manger was disabled, try starting in safe mode and copy your explorer icon from another computer to get explorer back up oj startup. I'd say if yours has got to that stage then you might want to think about reinstalling windows which is what I did. I lost my disk so I had to get my serial number off in safe mode, then download a windowsxp iso again on another computer (lucky I have a laptop!). I read there are ways to save any data that you want to keep, but by that stage I decided to just wipe it all and start with a fresh install. First thing I did after was purchase Trend Micro Pro, no more free antivirus software for me...Is there anything else I can do to protect my computer, aside from watch ing what I download? Trend Micro is my new firewall and it seems quite comprehensive in terms of antivirus protection.

Report

Yusuf > angelj - Mar 6, 2009 at 12:10 AM

Download a program called smart anti virus. Install it and click the restore windows settings. You should see a checkbox there that says enable task manager. Enable it apply and restart pc.

Report

Kara > Yusuf - Mar 12, 2009 at 11:55 PM

Don't download anything named Smart Anti-Virus 2009 or anything similar in name. As user/idiot Yusuf knows, this is a rogue anti-spyware program originating from the Russian Federation which, in both trial and full versions, will report false positives and render one or several of your installed programs to cease functioning. There are multiple sources from which to download Smart Anti-Virus 2009 removal tools.

Report

talb > angelj - Mar 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM

Hi,
the best way to solve this problem is :
press ALT+CTRL+DEL
then NEW TASK and enter C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\msconfig
then you go to TOLLS and then SYSTEM RESTORE.
enter the date for restore and all ok after restart.

Tal
Israel

Report

sunshine > talb - Aug 17, 2009 at 04:39 PM

Thanks! It worked when nothing else would. Such an easy solution!!

Report

grizlap1 > talb - Nov 12, 2009 at 03:06 PM

Thanks,
Worked like a charm. note that the systen re-booted twice automatically then all was well.

Report

Ajesity - May 8, 2010 at 02:33 PM

Thank God my problem have solve I tried all the process but could not get it done I finally got a xp cd and run it and made a repair den evrything got back to how it was GREAT! just did repair

Report Respond to codi

codi Mar 20, 2010 at 03:01 PM

13

Thank you

hey I came across this forum and wanted to say that I had the same issue and laughed at my solution. What happend is my daughter was playing around with the mouse and on windows 7 if you right click on the desktop and go to view you have an option to turn off the desktop icons. For anyone having this issue and if you have already tried the control alt delete approach try right clicking on your desktop and make sure the show desktop icons is selected. Other then that thanks for all the help and this was a very informative site.

Codi

Report Respond to tybi

tybi Feb 18, 2009 at 12:33 AM

11

Thank you

I have the same problem. Though I have not solved the issue, I discovered a temporary workaround accidentally. After you get the wallpaper, bring up the task manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+Delete. Then select the 'New Task' button and type 'cmd' to bring up command prompt. At the command prompt type 'explorer' to bring up windows explorer and voila! the icons should appear.

Devdutt

View all 7 comments

Report

ahenaninapua - Apr 9, 2009 at 04:11 AM

Oh My God!!! Thank You SOOOOO Much!!!! It works perfectly!!!

Report

mbb_1983 - Mar 21, 2010 at 09:25 AM

thank you soo much for the help, this thread really works out....

Report

crompo - May 18, 2010 at 07:36 AM

i did so n the prob 'has been solved but I restarted the com I found the same prob but this time threre is no response to run explorer ...................plz I wanna along lasting soloution to this prob

Report

mark - Jun 4, 2010 at 07:57 AM

hey.. when I type explorer it doesn't work.. how should I put it

Report

jersey - Nov 8, 2012 at 05:15 AM

good...it solved the problem

Report Respond to kat

kat Apr 29, 2010 at 01:43 PM

11

Thank you

no icons on my pc

Report Respond to flloyd

flloyd Dec 27, 2009 at 02:50 PM

8

Thank you

Close to throwing the other one out ,, I have the same promblem , only I cant get the tAask bar to come up ,nothing , tried safe mode still a blanke screen ,, I cant afford to loose whats on the computer I run a sign bus and have many ,many files that took hours to create ,, any ,any advice will be appreciated

Report Respond to yes

yes Feb 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM

7

Thank you

Hi I had exactly the same problem on a dell inspiron..i found that if you turn it off, and then when you turn it back on, press cntrl+alt+delete when it says resuming windows... it sould come up with 2 options and choose the one that isnt continue with system resume....hope it works for you xx

Report Respond to snipes

snipes Jul 5, 2009 at 03:48 PM

7

Thank you

avast save the day...

Report Respond to Arun

Arun Feb 18, 2010 at 03:49 AM

7

Thank you

This is caused due to the virus
To enable this task bar
Log on as a Administrator and go to Run >> on command prompt type:- gpedit.msc
on new window of Group policy Pops up
Go to User configuration >>Administrative Templates >>System >ctrl+alt+del
click on remove task manager and Disable it >> ok

Done.........

Report

ife - May 29, 2010 at 08:12 AM

Thanks Arun. You are a gennius. this laptop has been abandoned for 3months and you have just brought it to live.....i owe it to you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MATE!!!!! XXX

Report Respond to Anonymous

Anonymous Mar 15, 2010 at 03:10 PM

7

Thank you

Thankyou!

Your are gennius!

Report Respond to Toui

Toui Jan 3, 2009 at 03:32 AM

6

Thank you

I also have the same problem as you now , and also do the same way as you too, and i've try to click the mound with the Right-on the desktop, but it was no action.
SO , if you can soft it already, ple tell me too. by sent me a mail. thank you so mush
Toui

Report

Christian - Jan 5, 2009 at 08:48 PM

I am having the same problem. If you pre control alt delete and go to file run you will be able to get to the cd rom drive.

Report

Kenneth - Feb 7, 2009 at 11:45 PM

pls..help my computer shows only backround I need really rellay help I cant right clack and no action when I crtl alt delete

Report Respond to rahulvr1

rahulvr1 Oct 13, 2009 at 01:54 PM

6

Thank you

DEAR FRIENDS I FACED THIS PROBLEM & I FOUND A PERFECT SOLUTION JUST CONSIDERING VIRUS IS THE ONLY REASON OF THIS PROBLEM AND ONLY SOLUTION IDS RESTORE WHICH CAN SIMPLY DONE BY CLICKING CT ALT DL AND IN NEW TASK BAR JUST WRTE msconfig WHERE U GET THE OPTION OF RESTORE JUST DO THE RESTORE AND RUN A GOOD ANTI VIRUSE AFTER RESTORING AND DELETE NEW RECENT DOWNLOADED SUSPICIOUS DATA ...CHEERS

Report

LOLZKIE - May 16, 2010 at 10:24 PM

IT REALLY WORKED THANKS

Report Respond to bobtan

bobtan Jan 16, 2009 at 02:25 AM

4

Thank you

Agree to supa pc freak

Report Respond to romski

romski May 4, 2009 at 04:50 AM

4

Thank you

thnk u very very much man
your the men

Report Respond to garrett

garrett Feb 9, 2010 at 05:59 PM

4

Thank you

Thank you so much . It worked. Thanks to google and nice people

Ask a question

1 2 Next

satvinder wooow you are a super genius thank you very much....it finally worked!!!
This works for one sign on but my other sign on says task manager has been disabled by the administrator, what now?
Hi, thank I was almost to throw this computer to the trash it was making me crazy. Thanks again for youre help.
when I try to do ctrl/alt/delete, it tells me that this application has been denied by your administrator. WTH! I AM the administrator LOL Anyone please let me know how to fix this! thanks!
Satvinder,

Thanks, u r the dude. I had this same problem and yer solution worked. I love u very much.

HaveACow
Man thank you very much it worked immediately you saved my ass I thought I was gone get in trouble cause I broke it....LOL
Thank you sooo much satvinder that solved everything and its the simplest answer
Satvinder you have solved my big problem , thanks so much. As an "old one " I needed some help, and your solution hit the mark....Your'e the man !
Wrote to thank for getting me started again,but alas all went well getting on the route to advised but once looged off and wanting to log on again the same problem is still there. Any solutions for getting those icons to stay put. Thanks.
Thank you!~!!! YOu're a genius! explorer.exe saved the day! :)
my task manager is denied I cant click on it..
how can I get it to work some plz help me:)
I had no desktop and task manger was disabled, try starting in safe mode and copy your explorer icon from another computer to get explorer back up oj startup. I'd say if yours has got to that stage then you might want to think about reinstalling windows which is what I did. I lost my disk so I had to get my serial number off in safe mode, then download a windowsxp iso again on another computer (lucky I have a laptop!). I read there are ways to save any data that you want to keep, but by that stage I decided to just wipe it all and start with a fresh install. First thing I did after was purchase Trend Micro Pro, no more free antivirus software for me...Is there anything else I can do to protect my computer, aside from watch ing what I download? Trend Micro is my new firewall and it seems quite comprehensive in terms of antivirus protection.
Download a program called smart anti virus. Install it and click the restore windows settings. You should see a checkbox there that says enable task manager. Enable it apply and restart pc.
Don't download anything named Smart Anti-Virus 2009 or anything similar in name. As user/idiot Yusuf knows, this is a rogue anti-spyware program originating from the Russian Federation which, in both trial and full versions, will report false positives and render one or several of your installed programs to cease functioning. There are multiple sources from which to download Smart Anti-Virus 2009 removal tools.
Hi,
the best way to solve this problem is :
press ALT+CTRL+DEL
then NEW TASK and enter C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386\msconfig
then you go to TOLLS and then SYSTEM RESTORE.
enter the date for restore and all ok after restart.

Tal
Israel
Thanks! It worked when nothing else would. Such an easy solution!!
Thanks,
Worked like a charm. note that the systen re-booted twice automatically then all was well.
Thank God my problem have solve I tried all the process but could not get it done I finally got a xp cd and run it and made a repair den evrything got back to how it was GREAT! just did repair
Access to Task manger is denied, no access at all on windows screen. Managed to get it going in safe mode to get serial before that shut down permanately too. Complete reinstallation. Sorted.
my laptop was flipping out like that and that was the only thing that worked for me!!! thanks!
Oh My God!!! Thank You SOOOOO Much!!!! It works perfectly!!!
thank you soo much for the help, this thread really works out....
i did so n the prob 'has been solved but I restarted the com I found the same prob but this time threre is no response to run explorer ...................plz I wanna along lasting soloution to this prob
hey.. when I type explorer it doesn't work.. how should I put it
Thanks Arun. You are a gennius. this laptop has been abandoned for 3months and you have just brought it to live.....i owe it to you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MATE!!!!! XXX
I am having the same problem. If you pre control alt delete and go to file run you will be able to get to the cd rom drive.
pls..help my computer shows only backround I need really rellay help I cant right clack and no action when I crtl alt delete

HuyD · Accepted Answer · 2008-11-27T03:45:16-0500

Best answer

approved by Jean-François Pillou

Report Respond to HuyD

HuyD Nov 27, 2008 at 03:45 AM

340

Thank you

Right-click the desktop, Arrange Icons By, Show Desktop Icons
Thanks for Google :)

Say "Thank you" 340

Glad we were able to help! Love us? Write us a review! Rate CCM

CCM 4488 users have said thank you to us this month

View all 23 comments

Report

anonymous - Aug 26, 2017 at 02:10 AM

Finally Thx!

Report

Handschoen - Dec 8, 2017 at 04:54 AM

Eazy piezy, thanks

Report Respond to rfmomin1

rfmomin1 - Feb 15, 2018 at 07:53 AM

Thank-you. I did most of the trouble shooting but this small step solved my worry.

Report Respond to saaan

saaan - Apr 2, 2018 at 07:24 PM

Thank you! :)

Report Respond to AZ

AZ - May 15, 2018 at 09:18 AM

Thanks a lot! Resolved.

Audio (7,876)

Hardware (46,071)

Internet/Social Networks (32,312)

Linux/Unix (4,105)

MacOS (1,781)

Messaging (33,157)

Mobile (27,726)

Network (12,131)

Office Software (15,844)

Programming (2,448)

Software (20,768)

Video (145)

Video Games (8,215)

Viruses/Security (4,531)

Webmastering (865)

Windows (30,667)

Bugs and Suggestions (974)

Members' Cafe (1,614)

Opinions About Reviews (99)

Opinions About the News (1,159)

Ranking Software (6)

No icons on my PC only desktop background [Solved/Closed]

20/35 replies

Your reply