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Thread ID: 19355	2002-05-13 12:27:00	Lost the 'My Computer' icon in XP	Guest (0)	Press F1

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48703	2002-05-13 12:27:00	Whilst deinstalling the Swine demo game (on a recent PC World cd-rom) from my hard-drive, the 'My Computer' icon disappeared from my desktop. Help! I'm also curious that some software names (including Swine)remain in the list of programs able to be deinstalled in 'Add/Remove programs', even after actual deinstallation. How can I get rid of them?	Guest (0)
48704	2002-05-13 16:02:00	Hi Martin, I dont know if this will work, but worth a try. Right click an empty part of your desktop, click desktop tab, customize desktop, change icon. Good luck. Cheers.	Guest (0)
48705	2002-05-13 21:29:00	Hello Martin, In xp click start from the listing 'my computer' hold right button down and drag a copy of the icon to your desktop. downloading and installing tweakui for xp help you remove names from the add/remove section. After uninstalling a program its usually worth doing a search of your system to delete any leftovers. And use a regcleaner, as you can bet there are bits left in the registry. Both these can be found with a search of pc world. cheers, Bob	Guest (0)
48706	2002-05-21 13:16:00	Thanks Bob. I've created a shortcut as you suggest, which will do, but it still irks me that the original icon (which wasn't a shortcut with the little arrow, of course) just disappeared. I'll use tweakUI. Thanks for the tip! Martin	Guest (0)
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