Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Desktop Icons Disappeared


All of the desktop icons disappeared and the background image was a picture of the previous desktop.

First I must confess, this one had me stumped.  I thought this was going to be malware or something like that.    It was really just a practical joke from another person in the office.  I am not saying this couldn’t be done by a virus or other malware.  Just suggesting you check this first.

1. Right Click on the Desktop Background
2. Mouse-Over “View”
3. Make sure the “View Desktop Icons” is checked

As for the Background:

Windows 7
1. Right Click on the Desktop Background
2. Click “Personalization”
3. Then click “Desktop Background”
4. Click the picture or color you want for your desktop background
5. Under “How should the picture be positioned”, choose to have the picture fit the screen, tile, or be centered on the screen, and then click “OK”

XP
1. Right Click on the Desktop Background
2. Click on “Properties”
3. Click “Desktop” at the top
4. Then choose a picture or click “Browse” to select your own, You can also select “None” and choose a color
5. Choose Position
6. Click OK

Monday, July 9, 2012

0x8004010F: Outlook data file cannot be accessed.



Today I moved my .PST files and this is the error I received:


"0x8004010F: Outlook data file cannot be accessed"
or
"0x8004010F: The operation failed. An object could not be found"


Most of the forums I found suggest creating a new profile, this was not good news for me because I have 5 different email accounts in outlook. This is what fixed it for me:

1. From Outlook 2010 click File>Account Settings>Account Settings
2. Click Change Folder
3. Click New Outlook Data File (This is just temporary)
4. Give it a name (I used "Test")
5. Click the + to the left of the folder name to expand the subfolders. Click Inbox. Click OK.
6. Then Click Change Folder
7. Click Select the one you want
8. Click the + to the left of the folder name to expand the subfolders. Click Inbox. Click OK.
9. Close Account Settings and click send/receive.