When you install Windows 7 and Windows 8 you will find that your desktop has only the Recycle Bin icon and any other icons enabled by your computer manufacturer. If you wish to add other icons ...

You can resize desktop icons in Windows 7 and Windows Vista using a simple keyboard and mouse combination. Lifehacker reader Guard stumbled across the shortcut by complete accident and was quite ...

Desktop icon positions not being saved? If your Desktop icons keep jumping, bouncing, rearranging or moving after Reboot or Refresh on Windows 11/10, see this post.

Q: We converted from Windows 7 to Windows 10 a few months ago. Previously, I was able to establish desktop icons for frequently used programs (Quicken, Word, Excel, etc.). But I lost these icons ...

In this guide, we show you how to bring back the traditional Windows desktop icons to Windows 10, for quicker access to user files, network, Control Panel, and more.

Go to the Control Panel and select "Personalize". Now, find the "Change Desktop Icons" option in the "Personalize" menu and click on it. A dialog box similar to the one in Windows 10 and 11 should ...

In Windows 7, a transparent blue square appears around any icon if you move the mouse slowly across it or if you select it with one click. To remove this feature, right-click on your desktop ...

Give your old Windows 10 PC a second life — 7 practical uses you might not have considered Below, I’ll guide you through how to create custom Windows 11 desktop icons.

Unlike Windows Vista, Windows 7 no longer supports modifying the registry, to allow display of the special Internet Explorer icon on the Windows 7 desktop.

Not happy with Windows' stock backgrounds? Here's how to mix your favorite photos into a desktop theme.

Pinning a Show Desktop icon to the taskbar in Windows 7 won't work the way it did in pretty much every earlier version of Windows. While you can still create the "Show Desktop.scf" script, it just ...