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Desktop "disappears"??
OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help.
All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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Desktop "disappears"??
Oops..the sentence that starts "which I click..." should read:
"when I click the "Show Desktop" button in..." "JP" wrote: OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help. All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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Desktop "disappears"??
Do you have a large number of icons on your desktop?
JS "JP" wrote in message ... OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help. All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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Desktop "disappears"??
Thanks for following up.
Not really, just about 10 or 12...I really don't need 'em all anyway, it was just for quick access to a couple of files. The number above includes "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", IE, and some jpgs. One mod to my original note, the behavior is not triggered by clicking on the taskbar itself. Whichever state the desktop icons are in (visible or "hidden"), clicking the taskbar does NOT change it to the other state, as I mis-spoke in my first post. The behavior only seems to occur when minimizing/maximizing windows from pretty much any application. One other mode of behavior I just discovered...it's acting as if it's "switching" between two windows. What I mean is if I have all windows minimized and click the "Show Desktop" button, the icons reappear. However, if I click an application in the task bar to bring the window back up, the icons disappear. I can continue to min/max the existing window without the icons appearing. Similarly, if I have multiple windows open and click the "Show Desktop" all the windows disappear (or minimize to the taskbar) and the icons reappear. It's like there's multiple layers or something... "JS" wrote: Do you have a large number of icons on your desktop? JS "JP" wrote in message ... OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help. All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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Desktop "disappears"??
Two suggestions:
1) http://www.associatedcontent.com/art....html?page= 2 2) Increase icon cache: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm See item #121, the left hand column. JS "JP" wrote in message ... Thanks for following up. Not really, just about 10 or 12...I really don't need 'em all anyway, it was just for quick access to a couple of files. The number above includes "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", IE, and some jpgs. One mod to my original note, the behavior is not triggered by clicking on the taskbar itself. Whichever state the desktop icons are in (visible or "hidden"), clicking the taskbar does NOT change it to the other state, as I mis-spoke in my first post. The behavior only seems to occur when minimizing/maximizing windows from pretty much any application. One other mode of behavior I just discovered...it's acting as if it's "switching" between two windows. What I mean is if I have all windows minimized and click the "Show Desktop" button, the icons reappear. However, if I click an application in the task bar to bring the window back up, the icons disappear. I can continue to min/max the existing window without the icons appearing. Similarly, if I have multiple windows open and click the "Show Desktop" all the windows disappear (or minimize to the taskbar) and the icons reappear. It's like there's multiple layers or something... "JS" wrote: Do you have a large number of icons on your desktop? JS "JP" wrote in message ... OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help. All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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Desktop "disappears"??
Tried both of those with no luck...thanks for the suggestions though.
"JS" wrote: Two suggestions: 1) http://www.associatedcontent.com/art....html?page= 2 2) Increase icon cache: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm See item #121, the left hand column. JS "JP" wrote in message ... Thanks for following up. Not really, just about 10 or 12...I really don't need 'em all anyway, it was just for quick access to a couple of files. The number above includes "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", IE, and some jpgs. One mod to my original note, the behavior is not triggered by clicking on the taskbar itself. Whichever state the desktop icons are in (visible or "hidden"), clicking the taskbar does NOT change it to the other state, as I mis-spoke in my first post. The behavior only seems to occur when minimizing/maximizing windows from pretty much any application. One other mode of behavior I just discovered...it's acting as if it's "switching" between two windows. What I mean is if I have all windows minimized and click the "Show Desktop" button, the icons reappear. However, if I click an application in the task bar to bring the window back up, the icons disappear. I can continue to min/max the existing window without the icons appearing. Similarly, if I have multiple windows open and click the "Show Desktop" all the windows disappear (or minimize to the taskbar) and the icons reappear. It's like there's multiple layers or something... "JS" wrote: Do you have a large number of icons on your desktop? JS "JP" wrote in message ... OK...here's one for the experts! I hope you can help. All of a sudden in the past 2 days, my desktop icons (and one desktop web document) "disappear" whenever I click on the task bar or a window from another application fires up. If I minimize that window, I see my wallpaper just fine but the desktop icons and the web object (xbox 360 gamercard) disappear. However...which I click the "Show Desktop" but in the Quick Launch bar, they come back!! Until I click the task bar or open another window again... Any thoughts? It's just annoying!! |
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