# No icons on WIN98 desktop

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-icons-on-win98-desktop/231525>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 27, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-icons-on-win98-desktop/231525 "2004-02-27T21:20:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-icons-on-win98-desktop/231525/1 "2004-02-27T21:20:41Z")

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I have a user with no icons or status bar on the desktop. They are there in safe mode.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-icons-on-win98-desktop/231525/2 "2004-02-27T21:34:07Z")

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I have nearly the opposite problem. I have 70 icons on the ‘main’ part of the screen, 60 of which I don’t want. I can drop and drag them in the trash bin but they reappear each time I turn the computer off and on.

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**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:** [February 28, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-icons-on-win98-desktop/231525/3 "2004-02-28T05:45:57Z")

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Bar could be in ‘hide’ mode and on any of the four sides…

All icons coming back? Clear off all you want to have gone and then go to the start - programs - accessories - system tools - regestry checker and let it set new point. Then power down and reboot.