3G to 3GS transfer oddity settings icon is gone

It went smoothly BUT now my "settings" icon has disappeared. Spotlight can find it and open it but spotlight doesn't show WHERE it actually is. Does anyone know where it went??

Got my 3GS this morning. Took my laptop to the store with me. I asked the 'Genius' if I could restore settings from a backup. He said, "I think so." With fresh phone I had all icons (it was my settings icon that disappeared, twice). I plugged into iTunes and started my restore from backup. Upon completion I had no music or apps installed on the phone. It created two additional pages and bumped a couple factory apps to them but the settings icon was completly gone. I did a factory restore and it erased all my contact info like it should have and all the icons were returned. Again I did a restore from backup. Again the settings icon disappeared. Just for the **** of it I synced all my apps and music. After the sync the settings icon was there. Magic.

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