Help! What did I do wrong?

[Bigron]

I must have clicked on something and made my desktop icons disappear and now cannot get them back. I;m on another (old, windows XP) computer typing this as I have also lost MS Office.
Please rescue this soppy sod!

Ron.

[Jimbob]

Its something like right click on the desktop, then show desktop icons, may be under a sub menu such as view, been a while since i wound anyone up doing it

[YZ250]

As Jimbob said, right click on desktop - View - Show Desktop Icons. 

...been a while since i wound anyone up doing it

I used to take a screenshot of the desktop, leave it on screen and watch them trying to open something. I know, very childish. 

[redelitev6]

What's Windows XP ? 

[dave the builder]

What's Windows XP ? 

the operating system that Ron runs on his computer
Ron's computer spec clicky
it is rather old 

[Bigron]

Babbage was a good bloke, Dave; look how lomg my abacus has lasted!
The XP is merely a back-up, enabling me to access the Forum and get the answer to my now solved problem - thanks Jimbob.
My daily driver is a full-fat mainframe Acer Aspire, now running the super-modern Windows 10. Impressed, eh?

Ron.

[Bigron]

YZ250, you are the evil son of a bachelor!!!

Ron.

[dave the builder]

Babbage was a good bloke, Dave; look how lomg my abacus has lasted!
The XP is merely a back-up, enabling me to access the Forum and get the answer to my now solved problem - thanks Jimbob.
My daily driver is a full-fat mainframe Acer Aspire, now running the super-modern Windows 10. Impressed, eh?

Ron.

the abacus is safe on-line 
an old windows XP machine has more holes in it's security than a pair of baggy fish net stockings 
congratulations on the computer upgrade to windows 10 young Ron 
I doubt your acer Aspire is a mainframe though 

windows 10 version 1909 is out but won't auto install on some computers 

START > settings > update and security >
check for updates