# Google Earth has disappeared... ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321 "2015-06-12T04:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/1 "2015-06-12T04:40:45Z")
Went to launch Google Earth from the desktop icon and the icon is missing… :eek: I looked all over for the program. I went to my _.exe_ folder and still had that in place… 😕 Re installed and up pops, “You are hosed dude, we broke it good.” :mad: Downloaded the latest .exe. and it laughed at me, same error… They snuck in somehow and pulled it off my machine??? :eek: Anyhow, it is gone and I have been reading, ever here how things were going to change soon… Well, they have here in N/W AR. I was using it this morning, and I noticed it gone at 21:15. Going to check the ‘maps’ on my “smarter than I am” phone… BRB ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/2 "2015-06-12T04:44:17Z")
Well, I still have it working on my Smart android phone, LG if that might matter. I wonder if it is just my machine??? :o Everybody still have it or have some lost it to the electrons? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/3 "2015-06-12T04:46:30Z")
I still have it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/4 "2015-06-12T04:50:26Z")
Is actual Earth still here? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/5 "2015-06-12T04:51:34Z")
Update: I have it and I don’t have it. I have the original install from several years ago and an install associated with my Garmin Forerunner. 2 icons were on the Desktop. The original one is still there but the one for Garmin is gone and I can no longer open workouts to view in Google Earth. Says it’s not installed. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/6 "2015-06-12T05:00:17Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Is actual Earth still here? Well, I saw an “Through the Wormhole” with Morgan Freeman today. He was talking about that some scientists saying that it could all be our imagination. :eek: Wife said she still had it… Looking around for kitty paw prints… Did some searches… : WOW, there is mucho stuff about my habits & "going to places " all through this computer. 😃 _Must set up self destruct activator soon._ Found what looked like a link icon, so copy to desk, click and GE is back… Whew !!! Well it all woke me up and made me start sweating os I won’t be going to sleep anytime soon. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/7 "2015-06-12T07:21:54Z")
This happened to me a week or so ago. I think there was an update. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/8 "2015-06-12T08:06:49Z")
Have you tried uninstalling before reinstalling? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/9 "2015-06-12T13:38:09Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Have you tried uninstalling before reinstalling? And turning your computer off, then back on? Is it plugged in? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/10 "2015-06-12T14:55:14Z")
[Did you remember to have your man-servant crank the mill of your Analytical Engine?](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2247) ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/11 "2015-06-12T15:11:01Z")
My icon also disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/12 "2015-06-12T23:41:00Z")
I just installed it and had no problems. So, yeah, try a full uninstall and then reinstall the latest version. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/13 "2015-06-12T23:44:10Z")
Shit, the same just happened to me. The desktop icon is gone. I still have the program but I have no idea how that happened. Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/14 "2015-06-13T00:11:18Z")
It seems to be enough of an issue that Google have something about it on a support page: [https://support.google.com/earth/answer/1046514?hl=en-GB](https://support.google.com/earth/answer/1046514?hl=en-GB) I found that page by googling “google earth icon gone”. Indeed, googling the thread title minus the ellipses and the multiple question marks yields the same page as the top result. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/15 "2015-06-13T00:47:30Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Shit, the same just happened to me. The desktop icon is gone. I still have the program but I have no idea how that happened. Does anyone know? There was an update recently. Sometimes the update deletes the icon and doesn’t put it back. > [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > It seems to be enough of an issue that Google have something about it on a support page: > > [Get started with Google Earth Pro - Google Earth Help](https://support.google.com/earth/answer/1046514?hl=en-GB) The idea of an “Icon Restorer Application” baffles me. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-has-disappeared/722321/16 "2015-06-13T02:09:16Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > The idea of an “Icon Restorer Application” baffles me. Perhaps it is a hand-holding application, easily findable for anyone who is able to use Google’s core “search” facility. Google Earth recently gave every existing user the pro version for free, so who knows. The icon is a slightly different colour, that’s enough to confuse some folk.