That did it! Thank you so much. :)

Thank you for the reply. That potential solution didn't work.

A few more symptoms to add: clicking and dragging on the desktop does not present the usual box with which to select things; I can...

Hello all,

I've run into a problem on my laptop where icons are not showing up on the desktop. If I go to Personalization and add icons for My Computer, Recycle Bin, or whatever, they don't show...