Uh oh ... Deleted "My Computer!"

[Brangwen]

Fellow Members:

This I've never done before!

Apparently I deleted MyComputer from my Destop. I'm using Win98se.

Any idea how I restore this?

Unfortunately I dumped the Recycle Bin and Defragged my system before I noticed what I had done!

Thx.

Brangwen

[KraM]

You might be able to restore it using TweakUI. You should be able to find on Microsoft's website.

[Kuasimodem]

You might want to try downloading TweakUI and using that to fix it. Once you install it, click Start>Settings>Control Panel>TweakUI, and click on the "Desktop" tab. From there you can add and remove whatever desktop icons that you want.

Beyond that, it will take a registry hack to restore it, TweakUI does the hacking for you.

[KraM]

What he said

Brangwen, I've got two ideas:

1) Is it possible that you simply moved that shortcut off your desktop, or covered it up with another shortcut. Right click on your desktop and select Arrange Icons>Auto Arrange

2) Open Windows Explorer and drag "My Computer" onto the desktop again?

If it's actually gone, I'm pretty sure I can find the registry entry that you need to restore it.

[lynchmob]

I agree with Fingers-find My Computer in Explorer and r-click>send to>create shortcut on desktop.
Otherwise,click Run>type regedit>wait for hack
lynch

[Brangwen]

Thanks All of You!

I quickly perused the suggested fixes and this one from Fingers and others seemed the quickest.

2) Open Windows Explorer and drag "My Computer" onto the desktop again?

Lo and behold it worked.

Pretty whacky ... Deleting [color=dark-blue]My Computer[/color] was a first!

Brangwen

[Mike]

I haven't deleted that icon before. Although I haven't tried....YET!!

[strangerstill]

By default, the XP desktop only shows the Recycle Bin. Don't quite understand why they did that...

[LiLRiceBoi]

WOW! Didnt even know it was possible