Icons - Desktop

When I start up my PC it shows the wallpaper, icons, like usual, then after
few seconds the icons disappear and come back. it is like refreshing the
desktop. Any idea about what happen with the Desktop icons. Thanks for your
help.
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Don

Donaldo wrote:
> When I start up my PC it shows the wallpaper, icons, like usual, then
> after few seconds the icons disappear and come back. it is like
> refreshing the desktop. Any idea about what happen with the Desktop
> icons. Thanks for your help.

This is not simply a Vista issue, it goes back at least to Windows 95. As
you have surmised, at times the desktop will refresh itself. The fewer
icons you have on the desktop, the less often this happens. Personally, I
place everything in quicklaunch and if I have various additional desktop
links and shortcuts I put them in a special folder on my desktop, thereby
keeping the desktop relatively bare and rarely do I see the issue. This has
the added benefit of also causing your system to boot faster and the desktop
will load faster once booted to the desktop.

There are any number of reasons why it happens. You may not have anything
open but there is much going on in the background and depending upon
resources and avaialble memory, the system may have to use memory allocated
elsewhere and once the background task is complete, the desktop may refresh,
clearing out old memory, releasing allocatted space, causing the desktop to
redraw.

Sometimes, if you have a graphics card with a lot of dedicated memory of its
own, you won't see this issue as much either though the system still boots
faster and loads the desktop faster the less you have on the desktop.


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Michael Solomon

Thank you.
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Don


"Michael Solomon" wrote:

> Donaldo wrote:
> > When I start up my PC it shows the wallpaper, icons, like usual, then
> > after few seconds the icons disappear and come back. it is like
> > refreshing the desktop. Any idea about what happen with the Desktop
> > icons. Thanks for your help.
>
> This is not simply a Vista issue, it goes back at least to Windows 95. As
> you have surmised, at times the desktop will refresh itself. The fewer
> icons you have on the desktop, the less often this happens. Personally, I
> place everything in quicklaunch and if I have various additional desktop
> links and shortcuts I put them in a special folder on my desktop, thereby
> keeping the desktop relatively bare and rarely do I see the issue. This has
> the added benefit of also causing your system to boot faster and the desktop
> will load faster once booted to the desktop.
>
> There are any number of reasons why it happens. You may not have anything
> open but there is much going on in the background and depending upon
> resources and avaialble memory, the system may have to use memory allocated
> elsewhere and once the background task is complete, the desktop may refresh,
> clearing out old memory, releasing allocatted space, causing the desktop to
> redraw.
>
> Sometimes, if you have a graphics card with a lot of dedicated memory of its
> own, you won't see this issue as much either though the system still boots
> faster and loads the desktop faster the less you have on the desktop.
>
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
>
>
>

Donaldo wrote:
> Thank you.
>
>> Donaldo wrote:
>>> When I start up my PC it shows the wallpaper, icons, like usual,
>>> then after few seconds the icons disappear and come back. it is like
>>> refreshing the desktop. Any idea about what happen with the Desktop
>>> icons. Thanks for your help.
>>
>> This is not simply a Vista issue, it goes back at least to Windows
>> 95. As you have surmised, at times the desktop will refresh itself.
>> The fewer icons you have on the desktop, the less often this
>> happens. Personally, I place everything in quicklaunch and if I
>> have various additional desktop links and shortcuts I put them in a
>> special folder on my desktop, thereby keeping the desktop relatively
>> bare and rarely do I see the issue. This has the added benefit of
>> also causing your system to boot faster and the desktop will load
>> faster once booted to the desktop.
>>
>> There are any number of reasons why it happens. You may not have
>> anything open but there is much going on in the background and
>> depending upon resources and avaialble memory, the system may have
>> to use memory allocated elsewhere and once the background task is
>> complete, the desktop may refresh, clearing out old memory,
>> releasing allocatted space, causing the desktop to redraw.
>>
>> Sometimes, if you have a graphics card with a lot of dedicated
>> memory of its own, you won't see this issue as much either though
>> the system still boots faster and loads the desktop faster the less
>> you have on the desktop.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon

You're welcome, Don.

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Michael Solomon