How to Troubleshoot the Missing Desktop Icons

Desktop Icons are used to simplify opening and using programs in Microsoft Windows. It’s convenient and easy to use for most people. However, sometimes people will encounter the situation that all the desktop icons are missing. This situation may occur on account of the Trojan or Malicious virus. In this situation, the first thing you need to do is do a complete scan with your Antivirus software.

You may wonder if this problem can be fixed. Actually you can fix it easily.

Method One: one method which is suitable for computer novices.

Smartpcfixer can help you solve this problem much more easily. Smartpcfixer is a good software which is dedicate to solving computer problems. It’s very popular in modern computer software market. Smartpcfixer™ uses a high-performance detection algorithm that will quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows registry. With a few easy steps Smartpcfixer™ will scan your entire Windows registry for any invalid or obsolete entries and provide a list of the registry errors found. After that you can choose to clean list items with selection or automatically repair them all.

How to Fix it with Smartpcfixer?

STEP 1 Download Smartpcfixer & Install it. (Note: If the download link doesn’t work you may need to download it from a Download Mirror).

STEP 2 Scan Your PC for Errors.

STEP 3 Click the “Fix All” Button to Repair Your PC.

Method Two:

If you are a good user of computers, you can do the following steps.

  1. Right click your mouse in the blank area of your desktop.
  2. In the pop-up dialog box, you choose “Properties”
  3. Click on the tab labeled “Desktop”
  4. Customize it. Once you have clicked the “Desktop” tab choose “Customize Desktop” which will prompt another dialog box to open. From there click on the “General” tab.
  5. Restore order. After you have clicked the “General” tab you will see a list of icons. Simply choose the icons you want restored or placed on the desktop and then click “OK.” That’s it. You have now successfully restored your desktop icons.