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Managing desktop icons

Managing desktop icons

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Managing desktop icons

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- [Dan] Windows offers no rules about Desktop icons though it's strongly suggested that you don't save items directly to the Desktop and instead use your account's folder system to keep your files organized. Beyond that the Desktop can be adorned with up to four system icons, to control whether or not these icons appear press the Windows + I keyboard shortcut to bring up the Settings app. Choose Personalization, Themes, and scroll down to Desktop icon settings. Here are the four icons, there's computer, your personal folders, Network, and the Recycle Bin full or empty. Add or remove a check mark to show or hide the icon respectively, and you can set the icon's appearance by clicking it here and then clicking the Change Icons button and you can choose another icon if you wanna have fun I don't, so I'll click OK. Beyond these icons you can decorate the Desktop with your own icons, I've seen Desktops with hundreds of…

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