johnboytee wrote:
> I have just started up my laptop, windows starts and then all I get is a
> blank desktop with no icons just the wallpaper.
Do you actually have a desktop? Use Ctrl+Alt+Del and select to load Task
Manager. Look in its Processes tab to see if there is an explorer.exe
process (yep, Windows Explorer is also the desktop manager). My guess is
the desktop is loading because you see the configured wallpaper on it.
If you do have a desktop, maybe it is configured to not show any icons on
the desktop. Right-click on the desktop, select "Arrange Icons By" context
menu, and check if the "Show desktop icons" option is enabled or not.