I only have 1 icon on my desktop:
The Recycle Bin.

*laughs*

WHY?

Because every single icon on your
Desktop actually drains resources
from your computer - believe it or
not!

I have my Start Menu all Customized:
And the Icons I use the most are moved
in there - everything else is deleted; and
if I need such program; I go to Start -
Program - to the Specific Program and
Click on the Icon there.

It makes no sense to clutter up your
computer with all these icons everywhere
and plus - the icons I have are all customized
as well.

And people get a kick out of what I've
named my Customized Menu List.

Jo55
My toolbar was at the top of the page and had hotmail, delete, back and forward arrows etc something trigered this but I don't know what as I was
not on the computer. I think my husband pushed something to do with Dell
cleanup.
Thank you so much for your help,
Doodle bug7

Bobcatsrule, Southie, I followed the advice you gave me. Sounds like several benifitted from it.I think we are having an icon and lost toolbar epidemic.
You guys are great,
Truely, Doodle bug7

Do you have little arrows on the top? Jim did this once and I had to help him. If there are little arrows grab one and pull down or sideways with the mouse. It seems you have minimized your toolbar rather than lost it completely. Hope that helps. If that doesn't do anything you could re-install your IE and it should come back.

Jo55, I think I posted this once. I don't know for sure if you got it. Since I don't know, I will send it again and if you got it the first time just ignore this one. The toolbar in question is at the top of the page with e mail, delete, back and forward arrow, etc. I can't go back one page. I have to completely start over.
My husband is the one who lost it but guess who is trying to fix it.
Thank you for any idea
you have,
Doodle bug7

I'm guessing that it was your browser tool bar - Internet Explorer 6 or 7 {IE 6 or IE 7}??

long ago when I had a hotmail account you could only get to it by going to the website and to do that you opened your browser to get to the internet.{let me know if I'm wrong}

I'm thinking you must have IE 7 because it is easy to click and lose the tool bar the way it is set up.

if you can tell us the name of the program or icon that you click to get to where the tool bar used to be - that would really help - so we aren't telling you about the wrong thing to do.

I'm not familiar with dell.

Jo55, I am running Window XP, and it is a Dell about two years old.
Windows live hotmail and firefox start page. I believe enternet explorer is 6.
Thanks, D bug7

here's the windows live hotmail link - maybe you can re download it or find the answer on the pages there.
http://get.live.com/mail/features


or maybe a system restore back to before it disappeared/messed up would work?

this is hard to advise on without being there and seeing it in person.
Do you have any computer savvy friends or relatives near by?
you might just need someone to sit down and figure it out for you.

I'm still not sure which of your programs is the one with the missing tool bar??

OH I just thought of something to try-
press Alt f or Alt v while you have the problem program open and see it the File or View tools come up.