sumanghimire 0 Report post Posted August 20, 2003 Dear Friends, When I turn on my laptop I cannot see my desktop items. It finish up with clear screen with wall paper. There is nothing in the desktop. Could anyone help me with this problem please write me back at ghimire_suman@hotmail.com bye suman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pukar 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2003 Right click on your desktop and select Properties. Under the Desktop tab, select Customize Desktop. Then just select the icon you want by add a tick beside each one. Hope this helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumanghimire 0 Report post Posted August 21, 2003 Sorry bro, Nothing comes when I click right mouse. But I can use the computer through trask bar menu and pressing new task. any more idea r welcomed. bye suman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himal Rai 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2003 Suman bro It sounds like your laptop is infected with virus. There is a way to solve it.. but you did not mention what Operating system you are using.. Anyway... we can try this.... Start your laptop Press F8 to go to safe mode Select safe mode with the ms-dos option. Then go to c:\winnt\system32 (just type cd winnt\system32 and press enter) Delete explorer.exe file. You can simply use command (del explorer.exe) Reboot your laptop Let me know what happens... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sudip Gautam 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2003 If you are using Windows XP on your laptop and its not infected with virus then this might help you. Right click on your dekstop and then select Arrange Icons By and then click on Show Dekstop Icons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumanghimire 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2003 himal jee, I Will try your tip. Any way I am using Window 2000 OS. thanks suman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuTer 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2003 as long as Hard Drive partition is FAT, you can do what Himal Jee explained above. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himal Rai 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2003 QUOTE (sumanghimire @ Aug 23 2003, 06:15 AM) himal jee, I Will try your tip. Any way I am using Window 2000 OS. thanks suman Suman bro You said you can't see any thing in your desktop but can go to task manager.... then it can be caused by Trojan Horse, it may not be detected by Anti-virus software. It will be difficult for you to remove starting Windows 2000 because it starts on startup process....... so you won't be able to. I am not saying it can not be done but it will longer process than the one I am asking you to do... When you start your computer press F8 Select safe mode with command prompt you will see Windows 2000 professional selected Just press enter Then it will ask you your username and password logon you will see C: just type cd winnt\system32 press enter - make sure prompt is C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32> type del explorer.exe press enter If it could not find explorer.exe let me know there could be other files or script on your computer....I will send you a list of files that you have to look for... and you have to delete. As Puter said as long as Hard drive is FAT partition...Don't worry about what file system you are using whether FAT or NTFS works for both. You can do it if is NTFS partition also. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PuTer 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2003 Ooops!!!! Himal Jee, Can we access NTFS file system from DOS? I never tried, I thought we cannot use NTFS using DOS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himal Rai 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2003 QUOTE (PuTer @ Aug 23 2003, 06:49 PM) Ooops!!!! Himal Jee, Can we access NTFS file system from DOS? I never tried, I thought we cannot use NTFS using DOS. You can't access NTFS partition using DOS. but Select safe mode with command prompt doesn't mean it is pure DOS so it can read both NTFS and FAT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites