Well, if you Ctrl+Alt+Del, can you contact Task Manager? On the processes
tab, is explorer.exe running? If it is running, right-click on it, and
choose End Process. If it's not running, go to the Applications tab, choose
File from the menu, and click on New Task. Type explorer.exe in the Run
box, and press Enter.

"Rando" <Rando@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7885F039-9BD2-42AF-928F-788E1A0CFF1D@microsoft.com...
> Just the sidebar is visible and working. No icons, no menu, just a blank
> screen. Nothing, zip, nada.
>
> "Julian" wrote:
>
>> "Rando" <Rando@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CB4DAAB8-E9B4-4E38-97BD-CCA1B611B968@microsoft.com...
>> > Help!!! All of my desktop icons are gone form Vista. Only the sidebar
>> > is
>> > visible. Right-clicking in the desktop has no result.
>>
>> Absolutely nothing?
>> No menu at all?
>>