Icons Missing from your Desktop? Maybe they got cleaned-up. Originally Posted October 19 2008
If you turned on your computer and discovered your icons and perhaps your files are missing from your desktop, you may be the victim of an over-active Desktop Cleanup Wizard. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard will move your old (untouched in a while) Desktop items and place them into a folder called 'Unused Desktop Icons' on your Desktop.
In Windows XP:
- Right click on your Desktop
- Select 'Properties'
-The Display Properties window appears
- Click the 'Desktop' tab
- Click 'Customize Desktop...' button
-The Desktop Items window appears
- Uncheck 'Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days'
- Click OK
- Click Apply
- Click OK
If you are using Vista, well this feature has been removed. I guess we'll have to wait for Windows 7. | 
