My icons change on my desktop -- or disappear, leaving regular folders, etc.
In cases where I've created a shortcut to desktop and a domain's icon is
created, it'll be gone within a week.

I use Windows Defender, Ad-Aware daily, and run One Care weekly.

All updates are current.

Is there a repeatable pattern to how long it takes to disappear?


Did you update them just before using them? That's best practice.

You didn't list any anti-virus. Do you have it installed and is it
updated? If you have none, Symantec and McAfee both offer online scans
for free - they take a lot of time to run but work well. If you don't
have AV, get it. AVG and AVAST are free ones available.

In the future you also need to install a firewall such as at least XP's
(available as of SP2) or better yet something like ZoneAlarm.
WinPatrol is a handy program too. EVERY program that runs needs to
be given permission at least once. Lots of other features too. Free.

Add Spybot Search & Destroy to your list of malware tools.

Look in Event Viewer logs for hints.

It could also be simple file corruption:
It might be faster and less frustrating to simply back up your important
data and reinstall XP from scratch, but try a Repair Install first.

HTH some

Giv-me-a-brak wrote:
Here are a couple of things to try:

Line 121. Increase Icon Cache
Line 30. Windows XP Doesn't Save User Settings
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
Joe =o)

Sheesh -- have Avast, OneCare, Windows Defender, Ad-Aware ... al updates
current from MS.


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On Jun 13, 7:53 pm, "Giv-me-a-brak" <tonos...@nospam.email.com> wrote:
One Care does not have a good reputation.

I use Iconoid to save the positions of my desktop icons.

Well, I uninstalled IE 7 b/c many problems since installing it from MS site
.... now no IE at all will open up...


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