Solution for desktop icons not displaying

Solution for desktop icons not displaying.

When you start the PC/ laptop, you can see the desktop image, but you can’t see the desktop icons, status Bar.  If you tried by CTL-ALT-DEL and starting the Windows Task Manager and trying to run a New Task, explorer.exe – when you run this task manager you  get an error saying that Microsoft Windows cannot find explorer.exe

• If you attempt to start the shell manually, you receive "Windows cannot find explorer.exe...” If you look for explorer.exe in C:\WINDOWS it is present. If you try to replace explorer.exe with a copy from a Windows CD you still get the same error.

  

Steps to fix this error you must remove a key from the Windows Registry.

·        Open the Microsoft Windows Registry Editor by selecting "New Task" from the Task Manager (to get to the Task Manager use CTL-ALT-DEL and choose Task Manager.

·        Scroll to HKLM (Local Machine)/Software/Microsoft/Windows NT/Current Version/Image File Execution Options/explorer.exe.

·        In the right hand pane, find the Debugger registry key and highlight this key ONLY and delete it.

Then close the registry editor and reboot your computer.  You should now see the Windows Desktop, Icons and Start Menu.