Lost 'start' and other icons, all I have on screen is this page and a small desktop pic in the center.

I accidently hit some button and my screen icons all left. All that is on my screen is availability to this page and a small desktop
pic in the center. No other icons show. I can't open any program.

You probably have solved this by now, but one thought is Firefox's full screen view. The F11 key switches between full screen and normal views.

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    If you backed up your iPhone to iCloud before updating the software, first try the steps under "Restore from an iCloud backup" in this article to recover your data:
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  • I have an iphone 4s and have installed the new ios download and can no longer find games and other apps that i have downloaded. Where would they be or have they been wiped?

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