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destop icons

i have a a dell laptop with windows 7. i have lost all my destop icons with no idea how. only way to get them back is by refeshing destop with my external plugged in i have to do this each time i boot up. i do not know how to undo this, geting it back to normal. please can anyone help.
21:49 Wed 23rd May 2012
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Buenchico
Start by trying the obvious:

Right-click on the desktop.
Go to 'View'
Click on 'Show Desktop Icons'

Chris
23:15 Wed 23rd May 2012
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Done that both and ticks are in the right place
09:48 Thu 24th May 2012
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fender62
do a system restore, from a point before the icons disappeared
11:38 Thu 24th May 2012

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