Icons

[muffet]

I have a windows xp sp2 2003.

Since doing the July updates I have been having problems in one form or
another,
this one is a new one which started earlier today.

I seem to have mislaid my desktop icons. (If I don't make light of it I will
cry.)

Could someone please advise me on how to get them back.

I have got a status bar and a start button; I can get a list of icons from
the start button.
I also have a desktop list on the status bar