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Icons on desktop do nothing
We have an older Windows ME system that has been working just fine until lately. All of a sudden, no icons on the desktop work. Nothing happens if you either right- or left-click on them, and you can't move or delete them. Everything is just locked up. So if the user wants to open a program by clicking on a desktop icon, she can't; instead, she has to click on Start and manually select the program via the Start Menu. We've tried copying shortcuts from the star menu to the desktop (to replace "broken" shortcuts), but once they hit the desktop, they don't work either! Any ideas what could be causing this weird behavior? I'm at a loss. |
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Icons on desktop do nothing
Try using System Restore to go back to a date immediately prior to the
appearance of the problem (Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | System Restore) -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Squigmont" wrote in message . .. We have an older Windows ME system that has been working just fine until lately. All of a sudden, no icons on the desktop work. Nothing happens if you either right- or left-click on them, and you can't move or delete them. Everything is just locked up. So if the user wants to open a program by clicking on a desktop icon, she can't; instead, she has to click on Start and manually select the program via the Start Menu. We've tried copying shortcuts from the star menu to the desktop (to replace "broken" shortcuts), but once they hit the desktop, they don't work either! Any ideas what could be causing this weird behavior? I'm at a loss. |
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