Desktop icon retrieval
 

A desktop icon in Windows 10 has vanished. How to retrieve it?

Many thanks for helping an oap.


JoeB.

Vanished desktop icons
 

The YouTube and the Bluetooth icons have vanished from my desktop in Windows10. Howto retrieve them,please?

https://www.gnutellaforums.com/tips-...eshooting.html
Hopefully a small reminder of your previous question on the topic. Though this is an issue you have had for several years.

I have seen the suggestion a simple reboot of the computer might bring back missing icons.
You can also re-build icon cache. Another option is System Restore.

If all of your desktop icons are missing, they've probably been hidden accidentally. Right-click empty space on your desktop, go to "View," then make sure "Show Desktop Icons" is enabled.

Are you using a Laptop computer?

Hi Joe, reason I asked about laptop is because laptops might have another option that might make a difference. Check the following link:
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery...0-upgrade.html
The website is actually for selling data retrieval software, but the suggestions they make to try first are worthy of mention here.

Another site here https://www.pttrns.com/how-to-fix-th...on-windows-10/ but ignore the advertisements.