Dell desktop icons disappeared
If your desktop icons somehow disappear on your Windows 10 computer, dont worry, you can try the tips below to fix the issue. Quickly and easily. Show Try these tipsYou dont have to try them all; just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.
Tip 1: Enable Show desktop iconsMake sure you have enabled the Show desktop icon feature on Windows 10:
Tip 2: Check your desktop icon settings
Tip 3: Rebuild icon cacheYou can also try these steps to rebuild the icon cache:
Tip 4: Perform a system restoreIf your desktop icons still dont show up, you can perform a system restore to return your system to a date when the icons appeared normally on the desktop. Heres how to perform a system restore to help fix your desktop iconsdisappeared in Windows 10 issue:
Tip 5: Reset your computerIf the steps above didnt work for you. Resetting your computer is worth a try. It fixed the desktop icon issue for some users.
Bonus tipA missing or outdated graphics driver may also stop items from appearing properly on PC. You should make sure your graphics card driver is up to date. There are two ways to update your graphics driver: manually and automatically. Update your graphics driver manually You can update your driver manually by going to the hardware manufacturers website, and searching for the latest driver for your graphics card. But if you take this approach, be sure to choose the driver thats compatible with the exact model number of your hardware, and your version of Windows. OR Update your graphics driver automatically If you dont have the time, patience, or computer skills to update your driver manually, you can, instead, do it automatically with Driver Easy. You dont need to know exactly what system your computer is running, you dont need to risk downloading and installing the wrong driver, and you dont need to worry about making a mistake when installing. Driver Easy handles it all.
Hopefully this can help you out. If you have any other suggestion, please feel free to leave a comment below. |