Assuming nothing else has been physically damaged - particularly your hard
drive(s) - in the first instance, you should try running System Restore and
roll-back to the last time/date that the icons were 'normal'

Good luck with it

Mart


"Steve L." wrote in message
...
cat knocked over my computer and now all desktop icon are gone including
even
the recycle bin. They are all there when looking at the desktop in "My
Computer". Any suggestions on getting them back?