Desktop Icon question...

[Steve Gusz <sgusz PaineWebber COM>]

I'm new to GNOME so please bear with me...

When I start GNOME, I have no desktop icons.  I then start the file
manager, and all my desktop icons come back.  If I close the file
manager, sometimes the icons stay, other times they dissapear.  Can
anybody tell me why this happens?

Thanks,
Rev. Ferret
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