If that doesn’t work, try to find where your icons live. Follow the same steps above but after “View,” select “Auto arrange icons.” Or they may have moved off your screen, which can happen to people using more than one monitor.
Then select “View” and make sure “Show desktop icons” is checked. To make them viewable again, use your mouse to right-click a blank area on your Windows desktop. But I lost these icons after the conversion and can’t figure out how to re-create them on the desktop with Windows 10. Previously, I was able to establish desktop icons for frequently used programs (Quicken, Word, Excel, etc.). Q: We converted from Windows 7 to Windows 10 a few months ago. Missing desktop icons after Windows 10 upgrade? Here’s how to find them – The Denver Post
