Mary,

From time to time I have had a very similar problem.

Although this takes a little time, it works for me.

Right click on the missing icon, select Properties from the drop down
menu and click on Shortcut tab and then Change Icon.

Click on the icon that you want and then click OK/Apply.

Hope it works for you.

Lew

> I'm running Windows 98SE.  After I did my regular scan disk and defrag
> today, which I did in Safe Mode like I usually do, I restarted my
computer.
> Now, some of the desktop icons don't show up....instead there is a
black
> square where the My Computer icon picture should be, as well as a
number
of
> other desktop icons.  The words under the picture are still there, and
> clicking on the icons gets me where I want to go. Also some of the
icons
are
> missing from the Start Menu...just their silhouette is there in
> black...again, no rhyme or reason to which ones are involved.  Some of
these
> icons that are having problems are basic to the desktop, such as My
Computer
> and Internet Explorer, and others are shortcuts that I've created.  Any
idea
> what has happened and what I can do to do to fix it?  I tried running
> another scan disc, defrag and complete virus check.  All turned up no
> problems. I haven't installed or uninstalled any software lately.
Complete
> power off reboot made no difference.  Any and all thoughts appreciated.
 I
> would welcome individual emails as well as a posting to the list.
Thanks
> any and all.
>
> Mary Cameron
> Henning, MN
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