Usually, shortcuts appear after a short delay.But sometimes, even after a while, on the screen there is nothing but a splash screen. Why did the Windows 7 desktop go missing? What to do? Let's try to identify and solve the problem.
In all new OS versions, personalization settingsYou can completely disable the display of labels. If you use a computer not only you, there is a possibility that someone accidentally did it. This is the most simple and innocuous reason, explaining why the desktop of WIndows disappeared. 7. What should I do?
Right-click anywhere on the screen. Find the "View" tab in the context menu. Make sure that the display of labels is on - a tick near the corresponding item should be checked.
It is almost impossible to do this by chance,so in this case, above you, most likely, someone decided to play a trick. Icons and folders marked as hidden are still in place, but are not displayed by default. If you lost your desktop, shortcuts and icons in Windows 7 for this very reason, you first need to enable the display of hidden items. To do this, go to the "Control Panel" and open the "Folder Options". In the list on the "View" tab, it is necessary to scroll through the list of options and enable the display of hidden files and folders (a tick near the corresponding item should be ticked). If the labels have appeared, it remains only to remove the attribute "hidden" in the properties.
This is another possible reason,why the desktop went missing. Windows 7 can perform automatic cleaning of the desktop and with a certain periodicity remove from the workspace those icons that you do not use.
By default, the "Unused Shortcuts" folder should bedisplayed on the desktop (if not - can be found through the search). If this is your case, it will be enough just to transfer the required shortcuts back. After that, disable the cleaning. To do this, open the properties of the screen, find the "Desktop" tab and click "Settings ...". You just need to clear the checkbox next to "Perform cleaning every 60 days" and save the changes. Although the advice to check the "Trash" many seem stupid, we recommend doing this. In practice, it often happens that the labels have been trite deleted.
Now let's talk about more complex options, whenit becomes unclear why the desktop of Windows 7 disappeared. What if the above tips did not help? Most likely, when the system boots, explorer.exe is not started - the process responsible for the external display of the system. To check this, go to "Task Manager"> "Processes" (Ctrl + Shift + Del) and try to find explorer. Sometimes when you try to open the dispatcher, nothing happens. In this case, start Windows in safe mode by pressing F8 at boot time, and try again.
In the manager menu, select "File", click "Newtask "and in the appeared window enter the command cmd In the window that opens, you need to register the path to the file (by default it lies in the Windows folder located on the C drive.) If after that the shortcuts appear, then the file is on the computer, Fix several registry errors.
What if I do not have explorer.exe on my computer and can not start it? In this case, you will need an installation disc of your "Windows".
If there is no installation disk, you can copy explorer.exe from another computer to Windows 7.
Let's talk more about what to do ifWindows 7 desktop crashes due to registry errors. In this case, when you start the process through the "Task Manager" shortcuts appear, but after restarting the computer disappear again. This means that the registry does not correctly set the conditions for running explorer.exe. Run the Run application and type regedit. The Registry Editor opens. You need to find the following directory:
In the Shell line, explorer.exe should be written.If instead of this some other file is registered, or nothing at all, change the value of the parameter. Are you ready? Go ahead. Now we need to open another folder from the same directory.
If there is an item explorer.exe (or iexplorer.exe), you need to remove it, and then restart the PC. If the icons are still not displayed, the file is likely to be corrupted and will have to be replaced.
Sometimes even after adding a file to the registrythe problem persists. This may indicate a failure in the system settings. Fortunately, the "seven" has a special application - "System Restore", which returns the computer to an earlier state. You can start it with the same program "Run". To do this, enter the command shown in the screenshot below.
Next, following the prompts, select the date to which you want to roll back, and run the program. The main thing is to indicate the time when the system was 100% working fine.
The banal option - when exactly because ofmalware, you have lost the desktop of Windows 7. What to do in this case, you probably know. To open the antivirus, you can enter the full address of its executable file in the Run window (for example, C: \ ProgramsAntivirusantivirus.exe). It is recommended that you scan your PC in safe mode. After the scan, delete all infected files and restart the computer.
If this did not help, the best solution would be simply to reinstall Windows. The necessary files can be copied to the USB flash drive via the command line (of course, if you can remember their location).
