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I opened it up to find no icons whatsoever on my desktop. Everything is there...there are just ZERO icons. Does anyone know what might have happened?

No, that is not helping. It seems that all of my icons have disappeared completely. One minute they were there, now they are gone. All of the files are still in my computer and I can access them other ways, but nothing at all is on my desktop and I cannot place anything or drag and drop anything onto the desktop at all. Maybe this information will help in the diagnosis?

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