Right-click any empty space on your desktop and navigate to the View<\/strong> tab at the top, then check the “Show desktop icons<\/strong>” option.<\/p>\n Make sure there is a check-mark next to the “Show desktop icons” option.<\/p>\n Method 2: Configure Your Desktop Icons’ Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n Press the WIN<\/strong> + I<\/strong> keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app<\/a>, then navigate to: Select the icons that you want to display on the desktop, For example, Computer, Recycle Bin, User’s Files, Network, or Control Panel.<\/p>\n Click Apply<\/strong> and then OK<\/strong> to see if the missing desktop icons appear.<\/p>\n Method 3: Check Group Policy Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n If all desktop icons disappear and you cannot right-click on the desktop, then check if this issue is caused by a improper group policy.<\/p>\n Method 4: Rebuild the Icon Cache<\/strong><\/p>\n If your desktop icons are missing or appear blank or broken, you can fix the issue by rebuilding the desktop icon cache. Just open the elevated Command Prompt<\/a> and execute the following command: Log off your account and log in to see if the problem is fixed.<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n Desktop icons still don’t show up after trying the above methods? It’s possible that you’ve been logged in with a temporary profile<\/a>, or you need to fix corrupted values for icon spacing<\/a> in Registry Editor. As a last resort, you can perform a clean boot or restore your PC to an earlier restore point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Desktop icons disappeared after Windows 11 update? Cannot right-click anywhere on the desktop to restore the missing icons? Here are a couple of troubleshooting tips to fix the problem of Windows 11 desktop icons not showing. Method 1: Enable Show Desktop Icons Right-click any empty space on your desktop and navigate to the View tab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[4811,4812,4810],"class_list":["post-17756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-show-desktop-icons-windows-11","tag-windows-11-desktop-icons-missing-cant-right-click","tag-windows-11-desktop-icons-not-showing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17756"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17777,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17756\/revisions\/17777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/show-desktop-icons.jpg\"){kind=icon}
<\/p>\nPersonalization -> Themes<\/code>. On the right-hand side pane, click the “Desktop icon settings<\/strong>” option.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/themes-settings.png\")
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User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Desktop<\/code>. On the right-side, double-click the “Hide and disable all items on the desktop<\/strong>” policy.\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hide-all-items-on-desktop.png\")
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