But what if these desktop icons vanish without a trace?
How do you get the icons back?
So, if youve accidentally hidden your desktop icons, getting them back is fairly easy.
Right-click anywhere on an empty spot on your desktop and selectView > Show desktop icons.
Once you do that, all your hidden desktop icons should reappear.
In that case, you might use the following steps to re-enable those desktop icons.
Once you complete the above steps, your icons should appear on the desktop.
If this service encounters any issues, your desktop and taskbar icons may disappear.
If this is the case, you could restart the Windows Explorer process to fix the problem.
In that case, it’s possible for you to try clearing the corrupted icon cache data.
This will force Windows to rebuild the icon cache from scratch and resolve your problem.
you’re able to try updating the faulty driver using gadget Manager to see if that helps.
Here’s how to do it.
If the issue persists even after updating the driver, your graphics driver may be corrupt.
In that case, you’ll need to reinstall the graphics driver on your PC.
Refer to our guide onhow to fix corrupt drivers on Windowsfor more instructions on how to fix this.
Check the Group Policy prefs
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To add an icon to the desktop in Windows 11, open theStart menuand click onAll apps.
Scroll down to the app you want to add to the desktop.
Finally, drag the app shortcut to your desktop.
Alternatively, you’re free to create a shortcut on your desktop by using the Create Shortcut wizard.
To do so, right-click anywhere on the desktop and selectNew > Shortcut.
Then, clickNextfollowed byFinish.
We covered this topic in more detail in our guide tohow to add icons to the desktop on Windows.
