missing icons in contol panel and c drive windows me

[msmith]

i have icons missing in both the control panel and the c drive.  I tried tweak but didn't help.  Also tried other programs and no luck.  On the status bar in the control panel it tells me there are 37 objects and c drive tells me there are 73 objects but none are visable.  I tried reg edit and there is nothing in the don't load area of the control panel.
it must be something to keep me from viewing the icons but don't know what it is. only proteection program i have is f-secure.    Please Help

[JXY]

go to my computer > control panel > folder options > view > and make sure the box saying "display hidden files and folders" is checked.

[msmith]

already did that.  i wish it was that easy

[msmith]

re-installing windows me is not an option either because I threw away my me disk when i install windows xp. an then my computer crashed and that is when i found out that my xp cd has a scratch and won't finish at 39%.

[patio]

You will need a Windows CD to do any repairs...
It's unclear what you are running XP or ME ? ?

[msmith]

I'm running windows ME for now.

I just knew you were going to tell me that...LOL   I was hopeing  to save some money. silly me....LOL