Desktop Icons vanished


  1. Posts : 8
    Windows 10
       #1

    Desktop Icons vanished


    Good evening

    As of today without my apparent intervention:

    1. Desktop icons have vanished (cannot right click on desktop)
    2. Taskbar icons have vanished (got them back as right-click works on taskbar)
    3. Cannot minimise window (browser, Outlook etc)

    Is this an 'update' or have I carelessly altered something?

    Many thanks

    DrAS
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 14,018
    Win10 Pro and Home, Win11 Pro and Home, Win7, Linux Mint
       #2

    DrAS said:
    Good evening

    As of today without my apparent intervention:

    1. Desktop icons have vanished (cannot right click on desktop)
    2. Taskbar icons have vanished (got them back as right-click works on taskbar)
    3. Cannot minimise window (browser, Outlook etc)

    Is this an 'update' or have I carelessly altered something?

    Many thanks

    DrAS
    I saw that once and discovered I had Tablet Mode turned on.
      My Computers


  3. Posts : 5,452
    windows 10 Pro ver 21H2 build 19044.1348
       #3

    To : DrAS,

    Just to elaborate what Berton has told you..........that you are on Tablet Mode.
    If it is what Berton has suggested, you can have your desktop back. Follow steps below................
    Bottom right next to Time, there is a notification icon > click it > click Tablet mode.
    You should have your desktop back.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

    Desktop Icons vanished-notification-icon-tablet-mode.jpg
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 8
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #4

    How simple! And how infuriating. All is now well and many thanks for your kind help saved me no doubt hours of pfaffing around and probably breaking other stuff!
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 5,452
    windows 10 Pro ver 21H2 build 19044.1348
       #5

    DrAS said:
    How simple! And how infuriating. All is now well and many thanks for your kind help saved me no doubt hours of pfaffing around and probably breaking other stuff!
    You are welcome.
      My Computer


 

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