When i reboot sometimes my desktop icons end up disappearing. I go to the desktop and right click then view->show desktop icons and they come back. However again after I reboot a couple times the box is unchecked again. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?
Having the exact same problem as you. I have no idea what's wrong. I just installed Windows 7 on two computers. This only happens on 1 of the computer and on 1 of the user accounts on it. The other pc and other users are not affected.
Here's one I was reading Right click on the folder which maintains the Thumbnails cache, here: Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" (where {username} is replaced by the name of the windows user, for example Neil for me) Click Properties Click Security Click Advanced Click change permissions Listed are all the users who are allowed to use this folder (I have "System", "Administrator" and my user "Neil". For each user: Click Edit Under the "Apply to" drop down list, select: this folder and files Check the box under deny for: Delete subfolders and files Check the box under deny for: Delete Click OK
@ wyrman The computer I have this problem with is a custom build pc so no. I don't think its a hardware problem as it affects only my user but not the other users on the computer. @ genuine555 I don't think that problem is quite the same as what we're having. When you right click the desktop, under view, there's an option to show/hide desktop icons. The problem is that on logon that option is unchecked. It's easy to just recheck it everytime but it gets annoying after awhile.
Anyone know if I can hide icons at startup? I am using a AutoHotkey script to toggle them on/off via hotkey, but would like them not to show at startup.