What happened to my Firefox desktop icon?

Somehow my firefox icon disappeared after a restart on my computer. How do I get it back without having to reload Firefox completely and lose my bookmarks? Please email me back. Thx!

#In a blank space on your Windows Desktop, right-click and choose "New" then choose "Shortcut".
#Click the "Browse" button,
#click "My Computer",
#navigate (in XP) to C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox and click on firefox.exe,
#click OK,
#back at the shortcut panel, click Next then click OK.
#You should see the icon on your Desktop.
#Done.
#Try the new shortcut to be sure that it loads Firefox.
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Not related to your question, but...
You need to update some plug-ins:
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*Shockwave Flash (Adobe Flash or Flash): [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20the%20Flash%20plugin#w_updating-flash Updating Flash in Firefox]
*Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]

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