double desktop icons

karlijn

After re-installing the computer, I wanted to put back all desktop-icons and
folders from my backup (from D drive). However, no matter what I do or how I
do it, each desktop icon (folder, shortcut,..) comes double visible on the
screen.

In the folder of the desktop, the items have not been copied (there I see
the normal list - each item once), it is purely when viewing the desktop
itself, all items are twice visible. And they are not copies of the original:
the names are exactly the same and not with a (2) next to it. When i delete
one of the double-visible-folder icons, I cannot open anymore the other one
(error). Only the original icons (bin, my documents,..) are not twice
visible.

So how can I get rid of this extremely annoying problem? thx

Thx!

SingaporeWebDesign

Hello,

This link may help
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/duplicatedesktop.htm

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"karlijn" <karlijn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE5A08C1-B436-48A6-A700-820CFA2A6A87@microsoft.com...
> After re-installing the computer, I wanted to put back all desktop-icons
> and
> folders from my backup (from D drive). However, no matter what I do or how
> I
> do it, each desktop icon (folder, shortcut,..) comes double visible on the
> screen.
>
> In the folder of the desktop, the items have not been copied (there I see
> the normal list - each item once), it is purely when viewing the desktop
> itself, all items are twice visible. And they are not copies of the
> original:
> the names are exactly the same and not with a (2) next to it. When i
> delete
> one of the double-visible-folder icons, I cannot open anymore the other
> one
> (error). Only the original icons (bin, my documents,..) are not twice
> visible.
>
> So how can I get rid of this extremely annoying problem? thx
>
> Thx!