Some users are faced with the disappearance of all icons from the computer screen. The "Start" button does not start working in the usual mode, but shows tiles. Then they often say that the desktop has disappeared in Windows 10. Let's figure out this problem.
Reasons for the loss
Most often, the contents of the screen disappear in Windows 10 due to system failures. If you install unlicensed software downloaded from the "left" sites, then no one can give guarantees in the further working capacity of the PC. The changes that such self-written programs make to the system and registry cannot be tracked, and often not logic.
In addition, they can carry viruses that are copied into your system and begin to master it. The result is also unpredictable - not only shortcuts will disappear, but also folders.
What is Desktop?
Visually, this is the Windows screen that we see in front of us after loading. By analogy with a real table, it stores the most important and necessary tools - shortcuts.
In the system, all these resources are located in the user folder on the system drive. And the explorer.exe program manages the directory, creating the interface we are used to. A failure in its work leads to the fact that the desktop disappears.
What to do if the desktop is gone
First try rebooting. Perhaps the system just needs to accept the new rules after installing the programs. And everyone notices that rebooting with the power button on the system unit is effective.
If this did not help and everything disappeared on the screen, then you should try one of the following actions.
Starting the desktop process
Open Task Manager (right-click on Start or CTRL + ALT + DELETE). 
We need to start the explorer.exe process. To do this, select the creation of a new task in the "File" menu. 
And enter the process name explorer.exe. 
If the desktop disappears due to the process stopping, this will help. If the folder or program has been corrupted by a virus or Windows 10 crash, then this will not help.
Recovering the operating system
How do I get my Windows 10 desktop back if it's gone after an update? You need to enter safe mode. For older OS versions, up to 8, just press F8 at boot. In Windows 10 or 8, let's use the parameters. The easiest way is to type msconfig in the search. 
If the failure touched the taskbar, then press WIN + R and type in the line. 
On the "Boot" tab, select "Safe Mode". 
If you need a network, click on the dot next to the appropriate option. 
The second way is to reload via parameters. Will work if the main menu is intact. Click Start and the gear icon and then go to the Update & Security section. 
In the "Recovery" area, click "Restart Now". 
Then sequentially select "Diagnostics" - "Additional parameters" - "Boot parameters". All of this will appear on boot. Finally, you will be presented with a choice. 
Press function button F4, F5 or F6 depending on the desired selection.
In safe mode, restore the system. To do this, go to the options again, and select "Update and Security". Further "Recovery". 
Click the "Start" button. 
Attention! It is better to restore the system in safe mode. In this configuration, all executable installed files are disabled, startup is cleared and you have a better chance of restoring Windows.
You will be presented with a choice. Usually the files are saved, but if the system is badly damaged, then choose to delete. 
The system will inform you about the removed applications. 
And then a system restore will follow.
Registry configuration
The registry is the system store of all Windows associations. When installing the software, new data is written to it. Any failure leads to key violations, and we get problems, for example, when shortcuts and folders disappear.
To open the registry, press WIN + R and type regedit. 
Follow the path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / WindowsNT / CurrentVersion / Winlogon
Check the parameters:
- Shell - explorer.exe
- UserInit - C: \\ WINDOWS \\ System32 \\ Userinit.exe
If yours is different, install the ones you need and reboot. Screen elements will stop disappearing.
Restore shortcuts
Sometimes only shortcuts disappear. It is easy to determine this if Start is working. Go to the parameters and select the section responsible for the system. 
In the Tablet Mode area, turn off all sliders. 
Also on the desktop, right-click and move the pointer to the "View" command. Check if the icon display item is disabled. If the checkbox is not checked, the labels will disappear. 
Also, be sure to check your computer for viruses.
Recovery of individual elements
The entire contents of the desktop do not always disappear completely. Sometimes you may miss a folder or a shortcut you want.
Restoring the Start Button
What to do if the bottom line and Start on the desktop suddenly disappeared? To make it work again, we will re-register. To do this, in Task Manager, run a new PowerShell task as administrator. 
In it you need to type the command:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach (Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$ ($ _. InstallLocation) \\ AppXManifest.xml”)
Hit Enter. After the end of the command, restart the computer again.
Returning the cart if it is missing
This tool allows us to remove unnecessary or restore deleted system elements. Let's figure out how to return the trash if it disappeared from the Windows 10 desktop. Right-click on an empty area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and select "Personalize". 
In the Themes section, look for desktop icon options. 
Check the box next to the basket. 
What to do if the recycle bin is missing from the Windows XP or Vista desktop and needs to be restored? Use the Group Policy Editor. Go to Start, select "Run" and type the command gpedit.msc. Then go to the following path:
User Configuration-Administrative Templates-Desktop
On the right you will see the option "Remove Trash Icon from Desktop". 
By clicking RMB and opening "Change", you should set the option "Not set". 
Be sure to reboot.
The folder from the desktop is missing: how to find and restore
This can happen due to a change in the screen resolution - the folders are gone, since they are simply not visible. Select the view command by right-clicking on the working area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and execute the "Arrange icons automatically" command. 
Also check which user you are logged in as. The folders are visible only to the person who created them. Click on the start and on top of the three stripes (menu). Search for a user. Change it if necessary.
The folder may have disappeared because it was deleted. Open the trash can and search it. Rebuild if necessary. 
Also, folders disappear if they are hidden. Open the explorer and click on "View". There, check the box next to hidden items. 
Why does the picture disappear from the desktop?
And finally, we will tell you how to deal with the situation when the Windows 10 desktop background disappeared. The reason is Windows activation. If you have an unlicensed operating system, then during updates, an activation key is searched for. If this procedure fails, the settings are reset and the screen elements disappear.
So, if the picture is missing, then go along the path:
Computer Configuration-Administrative Templates-Windows Components-Windows Update
Here we need the "Configuring Automatic Updates". 
Select the Edit command again and click the Disabled option. 
After that, you will get rid of updates and the desktop background will not disappear. And for reliability, consider buying a Windows 10 license.
We've told you what to do if your desktop disappears in Windows 10. We hope this information will help you.
Have a great day!
You turn on the computer, watch how the Windows 7 boot starts slowly, the desktop should appear just about, but instead of it your eyes opened ... "Malevich's black square". No wallpaper, no desktop icons - just a white arrow cursor, and even then not always. What is the reason for the black screen at startup in Windows 7? How to solve a problem?
Causes of black screens of death when loading Windows 7
- Failure to install system updates, drivers and programs - because of this, pirated copies of Windows are more likely to suffer.
- Virus infection - most likely, the malicious program tried to replace the system files, but for some reason could not and instead broke the download.
- Damage to startup-critical files or registry keys responsible for it.
- Video subsystem problems, including a video driver failure.
- Other hardware malfunctions (rare).
Damage or deletion of Windows files can occur due to failures in the computer's power supply system (the lights were turned off at the wrong time), user actions (deleted by hand), hard disk surface defects, and even such exotic reasons as system treatment with one well-known antivirus.
Ways to solve the problem
In the simplest cases, if the cause was a minor failure, rolling back the system to the last good configuration will help. Last Known Good Configuration is the state of Windows at the time of the previous successful start. To return to this state, launch the Advanced Boot Options menu. To do this, quickly press the F8 key several times before starting the system.
The following list will open before you:
Select the indicated item from it and press Enter. If the computer starts up normally, the problem is solved.
Launching File Explorer Manually
It happens that a failure of the graphical shell leads to a problem, when the file responsible for this is not damaged, but only its launch is violated. The task manager will help to solve the problem. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Alt + Ctrl + Shift to call it. Go to the Applications tab in the Manager window and click the New Task button.
In the "Create a new task" window, enter "explorer" and click OK. If you see the desktop, the problem was what we expected.
Now we need to correct the Explorer.exe launch key in the registry - the Windows shell, which creates the user's familiar environment - the desktop, folders, and so on.
Start Registry Editor - Regedit.exe. (it is located in the C: \\ Windows folder). Open the section. In the right half of the window, find the "Shell" parameter and see what it has. It should be "Explorer.exe", but you probably have something extraneous there.
Right-click on "Shell" and select "Modify".
In the "Change string parameter" box, write a new value. What - you already know.
Next, open the exact same section (Winlogon) in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch - the settings for the current user are stored here. If there is a "Shell" parameter among them and you did not create it, delete it.
Now all that remains is to find and delete the file that was registered instead of Explorer, since this is an obvious malware. You can do it by hand or using antivirus software. The second option is preferable as it may not be the only malicious file on your machine.
System restore from safe mode
If neither one nor the second method helped, most likely there was a more serious failure. You can try to deal with it from safe mode. To load it, also press F8 several times before starting Windows, but now select "Safe Mode" from the menu.
Here we have the opportunity to return the state of Windows to the date before the problem. And the application "System Restore" will help with this. Expand "Start" - "Programs" - "Accessories" - "System Tools". Select "System Restore".
To confirm your choice, click "Finish" and wait for the restoration procedure to complete.
It will not be superfluous to additionally check system files for integrity using the Windows console utility - sfc.exe. To do this, open "Start", enter "cmd" in the search box and run the command line as administrator.
Enter "sfc / scannow" into the console window, press Enter and wait for the scan to complete. Sometimes the system asks for a disk with the distribution kit to restore files, but more often everything that is needed is restored from storage on the hard disk.
To find out if the video card or video driver was the cause of the failure, run the msconfig system configuration utility (just like you ran cmd through the search bar in Start).
Reboot to normal mode. If Windows can start, the problem is with the video subsystem. To get started, update the video card driver, check for overheating of the GPU and, if possible, test the operation of the computer with another, obviously working video card.
Using the recovery environment
If the previous option did not help, or in safe mode you also see a black screen, there is a chance to fix the failure through the recovery environment. It also has the ability to launch a system rollback and check files for integrity, but there are also special options: boot recovery and Windows recovery from a saved image.
To get into the recovery environment, select from the F8 menu (the key you pressed before starting the boot) "Computer troubleshooting".
Follow the instructions to reach the recovery options window. Select the top item - "Startup Recovery". The program will automatically check the data responsible for this - boot files and registry keys, and in case of violation, restore it.
The second item from the top is the launch of the "System Restore" application, which we met at the stage of solving the problem from Safe Mode. It is useful in cases where no checkpoints can be found in safe mode. It happens that points exist and are created, but the system does not notice them. And here, in the recovery environment, there are no obstacles to this.
The function works in the same way as in safe or normal modes, so we will not consider it.
The next item is to restore Windows to a working state from an archive copy. If you saved such copies to external media (disks), insert the disk into the drive and specify the path to it.
Most users consider it unnecessary to waste time creating backup images, so if you don't have such a disk, let's move on. We have another tool, the command line. With its help, we can open Explorer and manually restore the system registry.
Once every 10 days, Windows 7 saves copies of the registry files in a separate folder. We can take them and transfer them to where the current, used registry is located. If the failure is related to its damage, the problem will be solved.
Open a command prompt and run notepad (who doesn't know - this is done with the "notepad" command). Click "File" and then "Open." Navigate through Explorer to the "Computer" folder. Please note that the drive letters may be different here in the recovery environment.
Open the \\\\ Windows \\ System32 \\ congfig \\ regback directory. To see the contents of the folders, in the "Files of type" field, specify "All files". Copy all 5 files that are there one by one and place them in the \\\\ Windows \\ System32 \\ congfig folder. This is the registry.
Files of the same name in \\\\ Windows \\ System32 \\ congfig must first be renamed. For example, add the extension .OLD to them.
Close the explorer. That's all. Restart your computer and try to boot Windows 7 normally. Let's hope you can do it.
This kind of unpleasant situation can simply disorient the user. However, there is no reason to strain your voice and shout the guard, and even more so to be nervous about such a trifle - everything is fixable! However, the restoration of the familiar "Windows environment" can still take some time. It all depends on the complexity of "damage to the OS", as well as the level of training of the user. Well, let's solve the problem that causes many novice users to ask the quite natural question: "The Windows 7 desktop is missing: what to do?".
From sad to funny: the antics of an evil genius
As a result of our own short-sightedness, and often a novice user, for the sake of frivolous curiosity, installs “suspicious” software on his PC without having to check it with an antivirus, we plunge ourselves into a series of problems.
Sometimes the following can happen: the user personally "organizes the free space of the desktop" thoughtlessly manipulating system files - simply deleting, as it seems to him, all unnecessary.
Believe it or not, in most cases it is the user himself who is to blame for the fact that important documents, shortcuts and, the saddest thing, OS controls disappear from the desktop. Thinking? Great, let's move on!
How to restore everything that was so accessible before: the first method - "promising"
- Press the hot key combination "CTRL + ALT + Delete".
- In the opened service area of \u200b\u200bthe screen, you need to use the "Start Task Manager" button.
- In the new window, activate the "File" tab.
- Select “New task” from the drop-down list.
- In the "Run" console that appears, enter the command "explorer.exe" - click "OK".
If you became an eyewitness to the joyful event "Everything returned, as before ..." - you can be congratulated! Otherwise, move on to implementing the next desktop recovery method.
Rollback of the system to a working state: method number 2 - "recovery"
If the above method has helped you and the "workspace" has regained its usual forms, you should not rush to conclusions. It is possible that the problem of "emptiness" was resolved only for a while ...
Reboot the OS. If you are again faced with the "empty desktop" effect, then the malicious code has made critical changes to the operation of the Windows registry. In this case, you need to scan all hard disk partitions for virus activity, then delete infected objects and perform a full OS recovery.
- Press all the same keys "CTRL + ALT + Delete".
- Let's re-activate the "Launch Dispatcher ..." button.
- However, in the checkbox of the called Run console, we enter another parameter - "rstrui.exe", of course, without quotes.
- We select a restore point and start the process of "operational reincarnation".
But what about those who do not have system restore? Method number 3 - "restoration"
So, boot your operating system in Safe Mode. That is, at the initial stage of loading, press the "F8" key several times and enable the item "Boot in safe mode".
Attention: on some computers, the optional boot menu can be invoked with another key - you should read the article, which has all the information you need - ).
- If the graphical shell of the desktop has loaded, so to speak, in its original form - great!
- Enter the "Start" menu and write the command "regedit" in the search box.
- Open the registry key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE).
- Next, navigate to the following destination folder of the displayed list: SOFTWARE \\ Microsoft \\ Windows NT \\ CurrentVersion \\ Winlogon.
- In the right area of \u200b\u200bthe working window of the editor, we are looking for the line "Shell".
- Here everything should look as shown in the picture above, if you see a discrepancy in your registry - change the parameter by clicking on the "Shell" item by double-clicking the left mouse button. After entering the correct value, click the "OK" button.
- Check out the next line of this "Userinit" branch, it should also have a corresponding entry.
- Otherwise, you should edit the parameter (you already know how to do this from what was written earlier).
- Now go to the next registry key - "HKEY_CURRENT_USER".
- Follow the path: Software \\ Microsoft \\ Windows \\ CurrentVersion \\ Policies \\ Explorer.
- If the item "NoDesktop" is present in the right part of the registry editor, select the line and simply click the "Delete" button to delete this entry.
- In the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\ Microsoft \\ Windows NT \\ CurrentVersion \\ Winlogon \\" branch, the "Shell" value must be empty. Found out too much? Delete!
What to do if system files are damaged: the fourth method - "additional"
To be more precise, the option described below for restoring the Explorer application is that the damaged system files responsible for the full operation of the Windows graphical shell are simply replaced with complete files during copying from a disk or removable USB drive, on which, in turn , the distribution kit itself is located.
- Restart your computer.
- Log in using the "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" boot option.
- You only need to enter one command - "sfc / scannow", of course, excluding the quotes.
After your system files are restored, your computer will reboot. You can rest assured that the desktop will regain its "familiar shape". That's all, the stability of your OS and do not forget about the rules of "digital security"!
Sometimes when starting Windows XP, users are faced with an unpleasant situation - the desktop with all the folders, program shortcuts and the Start menu disappeared, and it is impossible to restore it by updating through the context menu. But do not panic: you can restore the Windows graphical shell, the main thing is to know what changes need to be made to the system configuration.
Only shortcuts disappeared
If the taskbar with the "Start" menu remains, but the shortcuts from the desktop have disappeared, then you can restore them through the context menu.
Labels should return to the Windows XP desktop, unless they are forcibly removed by someone.
Disappeared desktop elements
If after turning on Windows XP you see an empty table (there are no shortcuts, no Start button), then first restart your computer. Then perform a system restore to a previous state where there were no problems with displaying the desktop.
If the problem reappears after a system restore, then check if the graphical shell is running.
This executable file is responsible for the graphical shell of Windows XP, so when it starts, a table with fixed elements will appear. If a message appears that the file was not found, then you need to copy it from the Windows XP distribution to restore the desktop.
If the table appears, check Windows for viruses with a utility like Dr. Web CureIT. If the reason for the loss of the table was a virus infection, then deleting the malicious code should help fix the problem.
Editing the registry
If launching the graphical shell file returned the desktop to its place, but the problem reappeared on the next boot, then check several parameters of the Windows XP system registry. Sometimes, as a result of viruses, the desktop startup settings change their value, and in order to return the system to a normal state, you need to restore the previous settings.
If "Shell" is set to a different value, double-click the left button and write in the correct data. Return to the "Current Version" section on the same registry branch and expand the "Image File Execution Options" subsection. You will see the item "explorer" or "iexplorer" inside - delete it, this is a section created by a virus. 
After editing the Windows XP registry, restart your computer. When you restart it, the table should be displayed correctly. If the "Start", notification bar and icons are in place, then the restoration through the registry editor went fine.
Shell file corrupted
Consider a more difficult situation in which the Windows XP graphical shell file is not detected by the system or is damaged. To restore the graphical shell, you need to transfer the normally working explorer.exe file to the Windows directory.
Note: This method may require a second computer.
The explorer.exe recovery is complete - no more problems with displaying the workspace should occur.
If you once turned on your computer or laptop, but during the usual boot of Windows XP, 7 or 8, all shortcuts, icons, even the start menu, and the taskbar disappeared on the desktop. This can happen because of viruses, or accidental deletion of system files or registry data. In this article, we have collected the main ways to solve the problem of restoring the display of shortcuts on the desktop.
Solution to the problem:
1. The explorer.exe file is missing
The fact is that the explorer.exe process is responsible for the external display in Windows, and if you press CTRL + ALT + DEL, or CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to start the Task Manager, it is absent in the Processes tab. This could have happened due to the action of viruses. In the event that you try to start the task manager, but no reaction occurs, try restarting your computer in safe mode (F8 key during Windows startup) and try again.
To solve the problem, the first step is to determine whether the explorer.exe file is still in the system so that it can be launched. This can be done without a conductor, using the command line.
In the task manager click on "File -New task" and enter "cmd" there; In it, enter the command:
C: \\ Windows \\ explorer.exe
if your OS is installed on a different drive, then instead of C: \\ enter the drive on which you have installed the system).
If you do not know on which disk the system is installed, then enter into the command line:
% windir% \\ explorer.exe
in this case, the system will automatically substitute the required disk on which it is installed.
If, as a result, all the icons on the desktop and the taskbar appear, then the explorer.exe file has not been deleted from the computer and most likely you will only need to fix a few registry files.
If you see an error message that such a file does not exist, then you will need to copy the explorer.exe file to the Windows system folder yourself. If the error was issued by explorer.exe itself, then delete it:
DEL C: \\ Windows \\ explorer.exe
2. Check the icon display function
Let's start with the simplest. You need to check the option that disables the display of icons on the desktop:
For Windows 2000
- In the menu that opens, select the item "Active Desktop";
For Windows XP
- Right click on the desktop;
- In the menu that opens, select the item "Arrange icons";
- In the expanded submenu, there should be a check mark next to the item "Display desktop icons". If there is no check mark, then click on this item.
For Windows Vista and 7
- Right click on the desktop;
- In the menu that opens, select the "View" item;
- In the expanded submenu, there should be a check mark next to the item "Display desktop icons". If there is no check mark, then click on this item.
3. The explorer.exe file is on the computer
To start the registry editor again click "file-\u003e new task" in the task manager and enter the command "regedit". Next, you need to do the following:
- In Registry Editor, select: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SOFTWARE \\ Microsoft \\ Windows NT \\ CurrentVersion \\ Winlogon. Then look at the right pane. The Shell parameter must be Explorer.exe. If it isn't, change it to Explorer.exe.
- We are trying to find: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \\ SOFTWARE \\ Microsoft \\ Windows NT \\ CurrentVersion \\ Image File Execution Options. If there is a subsection explorer.exe, or iexplorer.exe, delete it (right-click -\u003e Delete).
Then restart your computer. If this still does not help, then perhaps explorer.exe is corrupted and should still be replaced.
4. The explorer.exe file was not found on the computer
If you have your Windows installation disc, you can find the explorer.ex_ file in the i386 folder right there, rename it to explorer.exe and use it. You can rename it in any file manager, or you can go to the control panel, select folder properties -\u003e view there, and uncheck the box next to "hide file extensions". If not, then you will have to find a computer with the same Windows as yours and copy the file from there from the Windows folder.
We copy the resulting file, for example, to the root directory of your flash drive and paste it into a broken computer. Run the cmd command line on it again. We consider what kind of media the inserted flash drive is (this will be the last available disk). We enter there the command "E:", or "F:", or another ... (depending on which disk is the flash drive). Further, if explorer.exe is in the root folder, enter the command:
copy explorer.exe C: \\ Windows
copy explorer.exe% WINDIR%
As a result, it should be written that 1 file was copied successfully.
Restart your computer - everything should work.
These are the most basic simple ways to solve this problem. If it doesn't work, then you can also try to restore the system, but the most effective way is, of course, to reinstall Windows.
5. System recovery
If in method number 2 an error appears that the explorer.exe file was not found or after the restart the problem remains, then you must try to do a system restore:
- In the "Start" menu, open in sequence: "Programs" - "Accessories" - "System Tools"
- In the "System" menu, click on "System Restore". Note. If there is no such item, then follow these steps: in the "Start" menu, select "Run". In the open field, type the command% SystemRoot% \\ system32 \\ restore \\ rstrui.exe and click the "OK" button;
- In the "System Restore" window on the right side of the window, select "Restore an earlier state of the computer" and click the "Next" button;
- In the calendar, select a day that has a breakpoint, such days are in bold. Choose a day on which your computer worked normally, i.e. if you remember that the computer started up normally three days ago, then choose the point three days ago. If there are no control points, then most likely you have disabled the option of creating control points and you will have to go to method number 4.
- After selecting the day, click the "Next" button;
- We listen to the advice written in the window (written in red) and click the "Next" button;
- We are waiting for the completion of the process;
6. Registry fix
If system restore did not help, then you will have to go into the system registry:
- On the keyboard, press and hold the Ctrl + Alt + Delete buttons;
- In the Windows Task Manager window, go to the Applications tab;
- On this tab, click the "New task ..." button;
- In the "Create a new task" window in the "Open" field, type the command regedit and click the "OK" button;
- In the "Registry Editor" window on the left side, sequentially expand the registry keys to the "Image File Execution Options" section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / WindowsNT / CurrentVersion / Image File Execution Options /
- Expand the section "Image File Execution Options" and look for subsections "explorer.exe" and "iexplorer.exe". If any of the subsections is found, then it must be deleted.
- We click on the subsection with the right mouse button and in the menu that opens, select the "Delete" item;
- When asked to confirm the deletion, press the "Yes" button;
- Now let's check the explorer.exe launch parameters by expanding the registry keys to the "Winlogon" section: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Microsoft / WindowsNT / CurrentVersion / Winlogon /
- Left-click on the "Winlogon" section and find the "Shell" parameter in the right part of the registry editor window;
- Right-click on this parameter and select the "Change" menu item;
- In the window "Changing the string parameter" in the value field should be written explorer.exe and nothing else, if this is not the case, then fix it;
- Click the "OK" button, close all windows and restart your computer
7. Recover hidden shortcuts on the desktop
The "hidden" attribute may have been set to all folders and files on the desktop. To check whether this is true or not, go to "Start -\u003e Control Panel -\u003e Folder Options", open the "View" tab, go to the end of the list of options and put the "Hidden files and folders" switch to "Show hidden files and folders" ...
If after that the contents of the desktop began to be displayed, then to restore the display of your shortcuts, files and folders, you need to remove the "hidden" attribute from them. This can be done as follows:
We go to "Start -\u003e Run", write "cmd" there and click "Ok" - the command line should start.
Remove the "hidden" attribute from all files and folders on a common desktop for all users with this command (this may require administrator rights):
attrib / D / S -h "% \u200b\u200bALLUSERSPROFILE% / Desktop / *"
Now make all files and folders on your desktop unhidden with this command:
attrib / D / S -h "% \u200b\u200bUSERPROFILE% / Desktop / *"
Just in case, click on an empty spot on the desktop and press F5 to refresh the desktop.
If the previously missing icons, files and folders from the desktop are no longer faint, then they are no longer hidden and you can set “Do not show hidden files and folders” in the “Folder Options” window.
