EVERYDAY FIXES · VIDEO DEMO · BY DUSTYWIRE

Your desktop icons disappeared. Where did everything go?

The background is still there. Your familiar shortcuts are not. Before a missing icon turns into a long search through settings, ask Dusty to check the desktop view.

Here is one way to start:

“My desktop icons disappeared. Bring them back.”

See Dusty turn hidden desktop icons back on in Windows. This Windows recording is edited for pace.

Meet DustyWire. Hand over some of the computer work.

DustyWire is an AI assistant for Windows and macOS that can work on your computer using the mouse and keyboard.

Describe what you want done. Dusty reads what is on your screen, presents a plan for your approval, and works through on-screen steps across apps and websites. You can watch the work and step in when you need to.

Some tasks are confusing. Others are just tedious. You do not have to be stuck to want a hand.

Sometimes the icons are hidden, not gone

In this recording, Dusty opens the Windows desktop View menu and selects Show desktop icons. The desktop icons become visible again. The task shown is a visibility change, not a recovery of deleted files.

1. Describe what disappeared and where you expected to see it.
2. Review Dusty’s plan to check desktop icon visibility.
3. Let Dusty open the View menu and show the icons.
4. Check that the shortcuts or files you expected are visible.

Start with the simplest explanation you can check

A clear background can be caused by the desktop’s icon display being switched off. This demo shows that specific situation. If the icons remain missing after they are shown, the next question is whether the files or shortcuts still exist in the desktop folder or were moved elsewhere.

Tell Dusty what you last saw and whether every icon disappeared or just one. That gives the next check a useful starting point, without assuming that a visibility setting can recover a deleted file.

A small job you can take off your list

You do not have to be stuck to want a hand. Sometimes you know exactly what needs doing and simply have better things to spend your time on. Describe one clear result, approve the plan, and let Dusty work through the on-screen steps.

A few things you might be wondering