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October 3rd, 2008, 04:02 PM
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| How to get desktop icons back on desktop (from toolbar)?
I've been working on getting a friend's computer cleaned up and updated from the nasty Antivirus XP 2008 infection. One of the things it does is move all your desktop icons into a toolbar in the taskbar. How can I restore this back to normal? On XP with SP3. | 
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:13 PM
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Have you tried dragging them from the taskbar back onto the desktop?
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:16 PM
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Yeah, it looks like if I do that they'll all be "Shortcut to..." with the little arrows. I don't really want to deal with that. | |
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:20 PM
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You can right click on the icon, click on Rename and remove the "Short cut to". | |
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:21 PM
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:30 PM
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So you're all done then??
What happens when you right click on the desktop->arrange icons and loook to see if the show desktop icons is selected?
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October 3rd, 2008, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve R Jones  What happens when you right click on the desktop->arrange icons and look to see if the show desktop icons is selected? | THANK YOU! I didn't know about that little setting. Cheers! | |
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October 3rd, 2008, 06:29 PM
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Yeah - the tool bar is the generic "Desktop" toolbar. You can kill it.
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October 3rd, 2008, 06:31 PM
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