Guest helloimtim Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 Strange problem. Running xp with service pack 2. Every once in awhile all the stuff I had on my desktop, shortcut to files and such just up and disapear? Also my browser favorites are gone as well. Anyone every seen this problem? Thanks in advance. Oh Before I forget The files are still on the computer. Just the shortcuts I had on my computer are gone. Strange huh? Thanks in advance........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 Phew... Are you certain it is happening about every 60 days or something? Because then all you have to do is to right click in your desktop, go to "screen configuration" then to "Desktop" and then "Adjust desktop" and check off the "wizard clear/clean desktop every 60 days". Because to me it appears that you have that wizard running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted December 14, 2005 CID Share Posted December 14, 2005 As far as the browser favorites: Right click on Internet Explorer, select Properties (Internet Properties window opens), goto the Advanced tab, and under the Browser section uncheck the box titled "Enable Personalized Favorites Menu" Alternately, you can get to the Internet Properties window through Control Panel and double click the Internet Options icon. This is if Classic View is enabled. If you have Category View enabled in Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Internet Options at the bottom. This is normally the reason why you're not seeing you Browser Favorites. That's if they're not gone, but just hidden. If the actual favorites are deleted off of the system, this may not be the fix you're looking for. Let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted December 17, 2005 CID Share Posted December 17, 2005 Thanks dirk. I really had no clue that "wizzard" for the desktop thing was even there. Learn something new every day. No offense but had a bit of problems finding it. Right click on the desktop. Go to properties, Go to desktop. Then click on customize desktop. The way you described was a bit confusing. Thanks again!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted December 17, 2005 CID Share Posted December 17, 2005 Sorry for being confusing, but i'm using a dutch language version of win xp, not an english one, so translating things can be awkward. (windows should be supplied with multiple language settings, like mac osx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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