Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

Hi,

I just started my XP Pro as usual and got the msn messenger panel with the
entertainment news etc., on it and a panel came up saying the script was bad
and did I want to run it anyway. This happened twice.

I now can't see any of my shortcuts as well as the task bar., just a blank XP
wallpaper of the grass.

The only way around it is by ctrl alt del to the Task manager and then opening
up the browser and choosing a program which will load okay.

As soon as I close the program though it disappears and i am left with an empty
XP wallpaper screen again.

I have checked the other uses on the box and it is fine there. The icons are on
the screen and everything is okay. It is only on my user and I am the
administrator.

Any help please?

Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

On Sat, 31 May 2008 17:54:00 +1000, Rock wrote:

Hi,

I just started my XP Pro as usual and got the msn messenger panel with the
entertainment news etc., on it and a panel came up saying the script was bad
and did I want to run it anyway. This happened twice.

I now can't see any of my shortcuts as well as the task bar., just a blank XP
wallpaper of the grass.

The only way around it is by ctrl alt del to the Task manager and then opening
up the browser and choosing a program which will load okay.

As soon as I close the program though it disappears and i am left with an empty
XP wallpaper screen again.

I have checked the other uses on the box and it is fine there. The icons are on
the screen and everything is okay. It is only on my user and I am the
administrator.

Any help please?

Event viewer ?

Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

Try a system restore to a date prior to the onset of the problem.

--
Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Rock" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I just started my XP Pro as usual and got the msn messenger panel with the
entertainment news etc., on it and a panel came up saying the script was
bad and did I want to run it anyway. This happened twice.

I now can't see any of my shortcuts as well as the task bar., just a blank
XP wallpaper of the grass.

The only way around it is by ctrl alt del to the Task manager and then
opening up the browser and choosing a program which will load okay.

As soon as I close the program though it disappears and i am left with an
empty XP wallpaper screen again.

I have checked the other uses on the box and it is fine there. The icons
are on the screen and everything is okay. It is only on my user and I am
the administrator.

Any help please?

Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

Do a ctl-alt-del then click file run from the task manager and run
explorer.exe, does that bring the icons back.


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Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been
obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.




"Rock" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I just started my XP Pro as usual and got the msn messenger panel with the
entertainment news etc., on it and a panel came up saying the script was
bad and did I want to run it anyway. This happened twice.

I now can't see any of my shortcuts as well as the task bar., just a blank
XP wallpaper of the grass.

The only way around it is by ctrl alt del to the Task manager and then
opening up the browser and choosing a program which will load okay.

As soon as I close the program though it disappears and i am left with an
empty XP wallpaper screen again.

I have checked the other uses on the box and it is fine there. The icons
are on the screen and everything is okay. It is only on my user and I am
the administrator.

Any help please?

Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

In article , pcbutts1
@leythosthestalker.com says...
Ignore posts made by the person called Leythos, he is a stalker who's been
obsessed with me for years ever since I spurned his advances towards me.

Do you really want to trust someone that was banned from posting
directly to Microsoft Usenet servers, someone that has posted links to
pornographic materials on HIS WEBSITE, who's website is in the MVP HOST
Block list?

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Where are my desktop shortcuts?
 

pcbutts1 [MS MVP] wrote:
Do a ctl-alt-del then click file run from the task manager and run
explorer.exe, does that bring the icons back.



Hi,

Yes that does bring then icons back and I can then proceed with most things
although it will not let me add a usb drive showing me the Rundll32.exe problem
panel which it shows every now and then when I try to initiate something.

I have noticed that as time goes on the box gets slower and in task mgr it
shows explorer at 99% CPU. I have to end it then start again.

I have also noticed some some processes that I am not used to seeing such as..

mDNSResponder.rxe
wscntfy.exe
inetinfo.exe
pwrisovm.exe

If I reboot boot, I firstly get 2 userinit.exe panel messages then the rundll32
ones.

The strange thing is that this happened on a previous hard drive so I decided
to reinstall XP on a new drive which is one I am having trouble with now.

I have only reinstalled my programs which I have had on for months if not
years. The only thing I brought ovre from the old hard drive was Firefox so I
think if this is a virus it maybe came with that.

Is there a way that I can copy over a copy of rundll32 or usernit.exe from
another computer which is also running the same version of XP without any
problems for many months now?

Thank you.

rock