CNET Forums: Message List - Win7 desktop shortcut icons keep disappearing http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Win7 desktop shortcut icons keep disappearing. CNET Forums: Message List - Win7 desktop shortcut icons keep disappearing http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Locking this old discussion. If the solution was not found in the 2 years since this post began, you'll have to cure it the old fashioned way by relo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5363344.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5363344.html 19 Sep 2012 16:38:46 PDT Same problem here Shortcuts to programs are fine, shortcuts to files are lost seemingly randomly. Working on an HP pavillion desktop. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5363335.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5363335.html 19 Sep 2012 16:31:00 PDT Login Scripts Thank you so much, Bob! :-D<br><br>Misty ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5352320.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5352320.html 27 Aug 2012 06:02:24 PDT Just in case. A link about. <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=disable+desktop+cleanup+wizard+login+script" target="_blank" rel="nofo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351284.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351284.html 24 Aug 2012 11:17:56 PDT Login Scripts As to the question regarding login scripts, I really can't say but they've never mentioned it. As to why they are emplo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351268.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351268.html 24 Aug 2012 11:12:05 PDT So this staff can't write login scripts? While I will note &quot;Desktop Cleanup&quot; and why most folk should turn that off, this IT staff should be able to wr ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351208.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351208.html 24 Aug 2012 09:36:17 PDT RE: Strange Thinking I understand what you're saying, however, our IT is exactly the kind that would likely be unable to use a machine withou ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351126.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5351126.html 24 Aug 2012 05:41:44 PDT Stange thinking. While you do have the issue, you are in a business setting so this is something you give to your IT staff to solve. But ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5350846.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5350846.html 23 Aug 2012 13:13:33 PDT RE: They never disappear with me As we are having the issue at my place of business and it is affecting approximately one-third of the personnel I've spo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349828.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349828.html 20 Aug 2012 13:12:27 PDT They never disappear with me. It's clearly a flaw in YOUR system. <br>And I don't even make them read-only. Do you? <br><br>I trust Windows 7 so much, ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349778.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349778.html 20 Aug 2012 11:29:14 PDT W7 Icons disappearing It's clear from all these posts that this is a common problem for Windows 7 and there is no ready solution. I have the s ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349801.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5349801.html 20 Aug 2012 10:53:11 PDT Didn't work for me I tried the suggested solution, but it didn't work for me. Although we're all having similar problems, it seems like th ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5324831.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5324831.html 19 Jun 2012 06:18:29 PDT Solving the problem 1. Right click on the desktop.<br>2. Move your mouse to view.<br>3. Select &quot;Show desktop icons&quot;.<br><br>If you ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5319895.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5319895.html 07 Jun 2012 05:01:31 PDT This may actually have worked Every Sunday my Windows 7 desktop's shortcut icons would disappear even if they were used a day earlier. (I sort of got ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5318525.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5318525.html 03 Jun 2012 15:34:19 PDT Icons I want to congratulate you on being one of the lucky few to actually witness the disappearance of the icons. We have th ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5305298.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5305298.html 30 Apr 2012 06:01:24 PDT Not fixed, sadly Icons just disappeared before my eyes a few minutes ago. They were icons I replaced a few days ago, icons that I used re ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5304866.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5304866.html 28 Apr 2012 18:22:14 PDT Thanks for this!! ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5302600.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5302600.html 23 Apr 2012 14:29:19 PDT Thanks for sys maintenance suggestion Thanks for this suggestion. I've had icons (shortcuts) disappear about 4 or 5 times or more. I cannot believe that Win7 ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5302297.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5302297.html 23 Apr 2012 06:01:15 PDT Solved Disappearing Desktop Icons Windows 7 How to stop Desktop Cleanup Wizard from running in Microsoft Windows 7<br>Windows 7 click Start Button<br>In Search or R ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5299481.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5299481.html 15 Apr 2012 15:46:03 PDT proof of the real problem Eureka! I can prove <i>why</i> some desktop shortcuts in Win7 get deleted (at least for one cause). I think I know how t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5296715.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5296715.html 09 Apr 2012 01:05:26 PDT Windows 7 Disappearing icons This issue has been happening to me on every Windows 7 machine I use - whether my personal home machines or my work syst ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5295005.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5295005.html 04 Apr 2012 09:29:29 PDT Same Problem, still no solution I and some of my co-workers are experiencing the same problem. As one of the other postings stated, it can happen in th ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5291445.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5291445.html 27 Mar 2012 10:41:59 PDT Disappearing icons I wouldn't be so quick to generalize work PCs as often being dumb stations with icons, programs and applications supplie ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5288341.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5288341.html 19 Mar 2012 09:42:42 PDT Works computer on a server That is probably a different situation.<br><br>Works computers are often dumb stations and are supplied with icons and p ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5287407.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5287407.html 16 Mar 2012 12:35:37 PDT Disapearing icons... question to all I have the same problem but just noticed that only the User Created icons that I myself have created keep disappearing. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5287403.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5287403.html 16 Mar 2012 12:17:51 PDT Win7 desktop icons keep disappearing - a solution I have had the same problem with 2 Icons only <br>disappearing. I tried everything on this forum and nothing worked for ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5274065.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5274065.html 14 Feb 2012 15:01:51 PST Disappearing icons I have the same problem. Never had it before using this version of windows. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5270426.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5270426.html 06 Feb 2012 04:29:04 PST I lose my shortcuts to drives/folders on the company server Ok, so my problem is similar, but perhaps different? I have my shortcuts disappearing when I don't log in to the company ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5268819.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5268819.html 01 Feb 2012 19:39:01 PST Not so. If you read that post correctly you would have seen it was <u>in reply</u> to a different poster who explained a 'differ ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5182994.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5182994.html 09 Aug 2011 04:43:21 PDT Unused icons? The statement about unused icons is bogus. I created shortcuts and use them frequently and stupid windows deletes them f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5182972.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5182972.html 09 Aug 2011 03:46:42 PDT Icons keep missing If some of the system files of the application or the Operating System <br>files get damaged in some way, then the icon ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5152821.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5152821.html 21 Jun 2011 22:29:04 PDT What Virus? Ask them the name of the virus ... (I doubt if it's a virus) ... This smells of a huge bug. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5058790.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5058790.html 04 Jan 2011 10:54:47 PST Icons and Programs I've seen desktop shortcuts and now entire programs disappear now. I'm glad that this PC is not my workhorse.<br><br>My ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5058786.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5058786.html 04 Jan 2011 10:43:59 PST Disappearing Icons It could be worse. I have 20 Dell Precision M4500 that I have built from a cloned original. I replaced one user's comput ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5054152.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5054152.html 28 Dec 2010 08:09:48 PST Phantom Errors Have had similar errors on my Toshiba/7 premium. Although vanishing icons are perhaps the least of my worry. I lose prog ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5005939.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5005939.html 10 Oct 2010 12:34:34 PDT Win7 desktop shortcut icons keep disappearing It's true that Windows 7 has the script running. <br>Are you primarily using the computer for your self or are other peo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5004684.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-5004684.html 08 Oct 2010 08:49:21 PDT To Peacox Thank you very much. I just got Windows 7 at work and everything goes to a back-up drive. Last week I lost most of my ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3373465.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3373465.html 11 Sep 2010 21:57:50 PDT Windows 7 Shortcuts disappearing Same issue. I have created the shortcuts as noted by MS. They will stay on my desktop for 3-5 days and then one day ju ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3359835.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3359835.html 18 Aug 2010 07:49:17 PDT Creating Shortcut Icons Hi Tara,<br> I have right clicked from the program list in the Start Menu and used the 'send to desktop, create shortcut ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3259599.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3259599.html 02 Mar 2010 17:52:36 PST please share more information Do you mind sharing more information about what options you have tried to resolve the issue? We would like to provide as ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3256790.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3256790.html 26 Feb 2010 14:30:15 PST Thanks for chiming in &quot;the farmerguy&quot;... ...and welcome to our little club. It's still happening to me on an irregular basis and still no clue to a fix. I have ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3256059.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3256059.html 25 Feb 2010 16:17:41 PST Thought I was Crazy Well I just set up my new XPS9000 on Sunday and transfered my XP files and settings(including some desktop icons) over w ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3255957.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3255957.html 25 Feb 2010 13:35:28 PST Disappearuing icons and programs. I have have perhaps a dozen icons on the desktop. I must have read the same article you quote; but it doesn't work for ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230245.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230245.html 23 Jan 2010 20:14:51 PST spatterson65 You seem to be severely effected by this so you are the best test case, I can't make it happen for me.<br>Do you have a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230165.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230165.html 23 Jan 2010 17:30:18 PST What happens if you make them read-only? Whatever process deletes them, that would make it more difficult. Still, it's a strange story.<br><br>Kees ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230044.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230044.html 23 Jan 2010 13:39:36 PST Windows 7 disappearing icons AND programs In a month fooling around with a new HP Professional Pavilion I have learned that the problem of disappearing icons and ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230042.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3230042.html 23 Jan 2010 13:34:14 PST Info Well, I still thank those who have tried to help but as spatterson65 has said, the icons will disappear even if they hav ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227398.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227398.html 20 Jan 2010 14:47:26 PST Info I have icons that I've used in the last 7 minutes disappear. I don't know if we have some weird domain policy but I'm t ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227375.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227375.html 20 Jan 2010 14:23:15 PST From the Windows 7 forum Quote:<br>If you create desktop shortcuts to removable storage places such as NAS the icons will disappear from time to ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227366.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227366.html 20 Jan 2010 14:14:17 PST Windows 7 &quot;Disappearing&quot; Icons I also have this problem. I've noticed that when sometimes when the disk keeper/scanner service kicks off a scan, withi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227021.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-19411_102-3227021.html 20 Jan 2010 07:11:26 PST