I have used mount --bind to mirror my Windows desktop folder to Ubuntu. I have set it up to mount on boot but the desktop does not refresh the icons so I have to logout and log back in to make the icons appear.

Thanks in advance.

Update:

I am running 12.10 if that changes anything.

Also I have tried killall nautilus.

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Also right click in the applications folder on the .desktop icon and add to the desktop folder.

You shouldn't have to log out. Nautilus is responsible for rendering desktop icons, so just open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t), and then type killall nautilus. Your desktop icons will disappear, but they should come back shortly. If they don't come back, you can type Alt+F2 and then type nautilus to get the icons back (don't run nautilus in the terminal because it'll just get killed again when you close the terminal).

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