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Still missing Show desktop icon

Last answer on Oct 6, 2009 8:33:07 am BST Ratimus, on Nov 22, 2008 3:34:16 pm GMT 
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Hello,
I have tried the notepad method of restoring the Show desktop icon but it hasn't worked on my laptop.
I have tried it on my main PC and it works fine, so I am doing it correctly.
My conclusion is that something else is missing or corrupt.
When I do it on the laptop the icon that is created is not the correct one but a generic icon.
when I try to open it, the windows popup box appears saying can't open file and which program do I want to use to open it.
Any ideas?
Cheers.

Configuration: Windows XP
Internet Explorer 7.0

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Arexeus, on Nov 23, 2008 1:55:22 am GMT
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Tune-Up Utilities 2007 (/2008) has an option to "restore icons" and a "Correct Problems" wizard that should help you.
Just install it, a demoversion works too, open it , go under the first utility, scroll down and select the "Correct Problems", hope it works. :|

   
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Ratimus, on Nov 23, 2008 12:14:41 pm GMT

Hi Arexeus.
Thanks for your help.
I downloaded the Tune-Up Utilities 2009, installed it and ran the prog. Yes it placed the icon back on the task bar but unfortunately it was the same as I had generated myself with the notepad method, so still no proper icon.
I guess something quite important must be missing.
Cheers for your help though.
Andy.

   
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abhi, on Apr 16, 2009 12:17:03 pm BST

This operating system windows server 2008 is so disgusting i was very furious and getting angry on the manufacture of this operating system,what a disgust software and such a bad functional O.S.is this,i had faced a lots of problem by this O.S.i had added my all the mind to show the desktop icons but god know and the software engg.know that how to get the desktop icon back disgusting.

abhishek

   
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Trasheeone, on Jun 14, 2009 6:13:58 pm BST

I completely agree. I have never seen any worse crap like that. Instead of my company Microsoft should pay the cost of spending hours configuring our Windows 2008 Server to be similar that Win 2003 was. They would deserve a bullet in their head. Or something more painful, I think.

   
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 Zeerover, on Oct 6, 2009 8:33:07 am BST

Or, you could right-click on the desktop, select view, and click 'Show Desktop Icons'.

   
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