desktop icons visibly covered

Hi my desktop icons ie norton, media player, freeserve etc are visibly being covered by my briefcase icon ive tried system restore and shortcut through desktop but i can not restore them to how they originaly looked can someone help please in plain english as i am only a begginer, thank you. :

 

gerty--Not sure I understand 100%.
1) Have you tried just dragging the various icons away from each other?
2) Or right click on an empty part of the Desktop|Arrange Icons|Auto Arrange. (If Auto Arrange is already checked, uncheck it and try 1) again.)
I guess the part that confuses me is

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If the above suggestions do not help, please give some more detail on the difference between how they originally looked and how they look now.

 

Hi Jim what i meant to say is that i would like to see my original icon dissplayed with out the briefcase covering it, if i drag the briefcase icon it also takes away the one it is covering with it , its vissibly covering them i have tried system restore, my friend suggested trying to find the shelliconcache but if ive got it i cant find it, jackie

 

You've got it, everyone running ME does. Its a "hidden" file located in C:\WINDOWS.

To "see" it - bring up the drive > Folder options > View tab > scroll down to Hidden Files and Folders > tick "show hidden files and folders ".

Set a manual restore point in System Restore and then delete it. The System should recreate. This file gets corrupted from time to time.

Whether this will solve this particular problem, I don't know.

Regards - Charles

 

gerty--Do a Find for shelliconcache, delete it and reboot. If you cannot find shelliconcache, click Start|Settings| Folder Options|View tab|Hidden Files section|Fill in the circle next to "Show all Files "|Apply|OK. Now run Find again.
Did you try the Auto Arrange suggestion?
And I am a little surprised that you cannot hook an edge of the Briefcase icon and drag it off the other icons. And do you mean all four (or more) icons are all in one, tight, heap on your Desktop? How do you know what is under the Briefcase icon?

 

hi my desktop is still the same i know which icons should be there as there correct name is still showing its just the briefcase icon is covering them, and if i try to drag it off it just moves the whole thing anymore suggestions please

 

Hi gerty,
Have you tried making a New shortcut on the desktop just to see what happens? Start> Programs> Right Click on any program> Send to Desktop create shortcut.