Quick Tip: How To Display Desktop Icons in Windows 10 (This PC, etc.)
In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to display icons, like This PC, Documents, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel on your Windows 10 desktop.
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Windows 10
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It’s very frustrating that Microsoft decided to turn off the desktop icons by default in Windows 10, but thankfully they’re easy enough to turn back on.
Right click anywhere on the desktop and left click “personalize”.
On the left hand side of the window, left click “Themes”.
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Then click “Desktop Icon Settings” on the right hand side under “Related Settings”.
A window resembling the desktop icon settings in Windows 7 will show up. You will see checkboxes next to This PC, Documents, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel.
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Click each to put a checkbox in them, then click “Apply” and “Okay” at the bottom of that window, and any other windows. You will now see those icons on the desktop.
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