Repair corrupted desk top icons Win7.

[up2you2]

In trying to increase the size of my desk top icons, the following has happened - attached screen shot.

I would be most grateful if someone could come up with a remedy please.

[worgeordie]

All my icons on the desktop vanished ,except 2, the other day and tried several things

but could not get them back, so did a system restore to an earlier time and everything

was back to normal.

regards worgeordie

[Sandman77]

I think only a reinstall helps!

Run a virus scan first

[VBF]

Try resizing the icons thus:

Close or minimise all windows

Focus on desktop - left click once

Hold Ctrl key down whilst turning mouse wheel SLOWLY so they get bigger.

The icons will resize and it may cause them to re-draw, depending on your video card

Then you can turn them back to the desired size

if that doesn't work, try changing the screen resolution - for example from 1920 x 1080 to 1280 x 1024. This WILL force a re-draw and reposition everything.

Then you should be able to reset it to your preferred value.

Edited February 5, 2015 by VBF

[up2you2]

Resolved.

It was a Microsoft site I went to repair icons - it worked.

Only found this this morning, when I went to boot up.

[VBF]

Resolved.

It was a Microsoft site I went to repair icons - it worked.

Only found this this morning, when I went to boot up.

Good!

would you care to post a link to that particular site please?

Might help a few people.......

[up2you2]

Resolved.

It was a Microsoft site I went to repair icons - it worked.

Only found this this morning, when I went to boot up.

Good!

would you care to post a link to that particular site please?

Might help a few people.......

Sorry but I had deleted it.

Problem was that my corrupted icons came back.

Tried your Hold Ctrl key down whilst turning mouse wheel SLOWLY so they get bigger.

It worked, re-booted and it still works.

Thank you.