While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

You can change folder icons in Windows 11 by right-clicking and selecting "Properties" and "Customize." Desktop icons like the Recycle Bin are changed in the Settings under Personalization and Themes.

I decluttered by PC desktop by toggling off this one basic setting, and now my digital work environment is genuinely ...

Q: I don’t know how, but my files suddenly lost their Microsoft icons and now display an Internet Explorer logo. When I try to open the files, I get a window that says, “View downloads — Internet ...

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. This change was apparently made to ensure ...

Adding a Chrome shortcut to the Windows 8.1 desktop enables you to bypass the Start screen and launch Chrome directly from the desktop. Microsoft makes creating such shortcuts effortless in File ...

Microsoft is currently rolling out a simplified look to Windows 10, which includes slowly updating all the icons we regularly double-click. The latest selection to receive a makeover are the system ...