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Question Posted Wednesday January 5 2005, 8:44 pm

My computer was being really weird, I lost all the icons on the desktop and couldent shut down properly. So I shut it down the wrong way, waited a few seconds..and turned it back on. Now the start menu wont show up and the icons are gone. I got onto internet explorer in a weird way and yeah. I messed up the computer so what do I do now? How can I get the start menu to show up and stuff? Thanks!! Please help!! I rate 5's!

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The_MoUsY_spell_checker answered Thursday January 6 2005, 8:18 pm:
Right click your desktop, and make sure that "Show Desktop Icons" under "Arrange Icons By" is checked.
If it's checked and the icons aren't there, there's probably a virus on your computer... Get antivirus (<a href="[Link](Mouse over link to see full location); target="_top">Here's a free one</a>) if you don't already have it, update it and scan your computer if you do... Also get <a href="[Link](Mouse over link to see full location); target="_top">Spybot S&D</a> to scan for spyware...
If none of these help, you'll probably need to reinstall Windows or even get a new computer...

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Complete_Darkness answered Wednesday January 5 2005, 11:14 pm:
Sounds like Spyware and alot of it, either that or your hardware or software is fricken old. Try downloading the following programs and run them (if you have dial-up it mught be slow downloading). It will remove all spyware and adware. If it still doesnt work when you do this and restart it. Call your software company (Windows etc.) and if they are no help contact your hardware company (Dell, Apple etc.)

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MaxwellsSilverHammer answered Wednesday January 5 2005, 10:25 pm:
Press alt-ctrl-delete. Then in the window that pops up click the "new process" or "new application" button, whatever it's called. type in "explorer.exe" and hit enter. If that doesn't work you probably need to do a system restore.

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