My Computer icon has disappeared

[slicendice]

Does anyone know how to get the "My Computer" icon back again? It seems to have disappeard from the desktop...!!

Thanks very much

 

[ski]

If you're using either Win 98 or 98SE and the problem happened in the last 5 days, then press and hold the Ctrl key during startup, select 'Command prompt only' from the menu using the arrow keys, press Enter, at the C:\> prompt type scanreg /restore, press Enter, select a Registry that predates the problem, and press Enter.
If you're using Win ME or XP, then do a system restore.

Also, update your AV program with the latest files and do a virus search, and remove any spyware with either Ad-aware or Spybot.

Actually, everything that can be accessed in My Computer can also be accessed in Windows Explorer and Control Panel.

 

[Nealman777]

Open up Windows Explorer. The My Computer Icon should be there. Drag and Drop it into the Desktop Icon. It will say you can't do that, Do you want a shortcut placed on the desktop. Answer Yes. Your desktop will now have an Icon named: Shortcut to My Computer. You can rename this My computer by right clicking on it and choosing rename.

 

[slicendice]

Thanks very much guys

I think I'm going to be chicken and take the easier option of simply copying it from Explorer!

Thanks again