My screen icons are lost.. What shall I do?

my screen icons are lost.. What shall I do?

The following are general fixes to try. Others may have more specific fixes to try.
If you have a recent Time Machine or other backup then you should skip the following backup step until your machine is healthy again.
Backup: As soon as you can, make a copy of your internal data on an external drive using Time Machine, Disk Utility or a third party backup program (such as Carbon Copy Cloner). You will need a blank external disk for this purpose. If you do not yet have a backup then this is an especially important step. For example, if you can boot in safe mode then you should be able to run a backup even before you attempt other steps. For backup instructions see step 9 in the document listed below.
Try booting in safe mode:
- Restart and when you hear the bong, hold down the shift key for a (slow) Safe Boot that disables startup items.
- Use disk utility check and repair possible errors in the system disk filesystem. (Step 11.)
- If it reports it found errors it cannot fix, try reboot holding down the command and R keys and run Disk Utility from there too repair the system disk filesystem.
If this does not work refer to the following comprehensive repair document. Start with steps 1 through 5. It won't hurt to start there even though the initial steps might not fit your symptoms. It is a large document but the information you need is on only a few pages.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
After trying steps 1 though five, if that does not fix it, step 12 might be useful (OnyX Cache Cleaning) or step 8 (Reinstall just OS X). Do not attempt step 8 unless you have a good backup (two good backups preferred).
Once you are up and running make sure you maintain two (not just one) backups on two several drives in case you are ever in an emergency situation again. https://discussions.apple.com/message/23364928#23364928

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