I Have windows 8 Last night I was having wifi issues and kept hitting desktop. Some symbols appeared at the bottom of the screen and I ignored them. Het if you push on one thing the rest go away, right? I've tried every command I could think of but I cant get it back. I refreshed my comp hoping that would work. No luck, just three and a half wasted hours. If I inert a flash drive desktop pops up with the flash contents . I'm not a computer person. Is there a simple way an idiot like me can get it back? Thanks in advance.
Not sure if this is what's going on but it might help. [Fix] Unknown Characters or Vertical Rectangles are Showing in place of Metro Icons in Windows 8 and 8.1 Start Screen and Login Screen - AskVG
Before I use the flash drive it's just that bunch of pa nes for the apps. None of that has changed. After inserting a flash drive desktop shows up and it looks the same as always. The pane for desktop has vanished however.
@Snake_Doctor - Is this your issue? [Fix] Desktop Tile Missing from Windows 8 Start Screen, Can’t Add from All Apps Page - AskVG