desktop icon

With the rollout of Windows 11 version 24H2, many users have experienced the unexpected reappearance of the "Learn About This Picture" icon on their desktops. For those who find it more annoying than informative, this article breaks down how you can swiftly rid your desktop of this pesky...

When I right click a desk top icon, a menu pops up that is too big for my screen. Most of the options are of no interest to me. Can I edit this pop up?

A friend's computer appears to have Filemaker on it (much to our surprise) but it doesn't show in the list of programs in the start menu or in 'Uninstall programs. Why is this and how can I get it to do so? I have found the exe file and put an icon on the desktop.

I'm using Win8 pro. Due to unknown circumstances the regular start icon for IE has disappeared from the desktop. I found it in all programs, but when I try to run it I get the following: The NTVDM CPU has encountered ab illegal instruction than a numeric code. Close to terminate the application...

Hi All All of a sudden last month after the Win 8 startup when i click the desktop icon the startup programs start at that time every time one notepad opens up stating the b/m message. " [.ShellClassInfo]LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21787 " Can you plese tell...

Hey guys, so i'm having this problem: Link Removed See that blank icon with no description? I can't erase neither find out how to clear it. It is there since i uninstalled toshiba music place, but somehow the name of the icon disappeared also. How can I erase that icon? Thank you for your time

Don't know if anyone else has seen this but at some point today a brand new and unwanted Home Group icon magically appeared on my otherwise clean and pristine Windows 8 Desktop. If you get one and like me, don't want one...

I have 4 PCs running W7 Home Premium 32 bit all with the same annoying problem. Very often when I close Windows Live Mail 2011, Microsoft Security Essentials or Word Pad the corresponding process is killed but the window will not disappear before I click the Desktop Ikon. It only happens with...

Jack Wallen explains how to create a desktop icon to start the Windows 7 Task Manager automatically displaying processes for All Users. More...

I have lost the IE icon from the drop down task bar on my Sony Vaio laptop. I have tried the other suggestions on this site but nothing seems to work. All I get when I try to right click and open on Explorer is library information. Any ideas anyone?

Hello. I have a small problem whit yahoo messenger since i upgraded to win 7 sp1. It seems every time i close yahoo, the icon in the right corner bar doesn't dissapear. It also doesn't work, i click on it right click, left click, nothing. I can open a new yahoo messenger from the desktop icon...

Quick Instructions to Restore your lost Recycle Bin desktop icon; 1. Right click the Windows 7 Desktop 2. Click on Personalize Link Removed 3. Select: 'Change desktop icons' Link Removed 4. At the Desktop Icon Settings, click the box next to: 'Recycle Bin'. Link Removed 5. You have now...

Hi, first time user. I am set up as the administrator on a PC used by me and my wife. My wife has a separate profile for Outlook and we both use it on the same PC. For my wife to access email though she has to go to my desktop to access Outlook. She then selects her profile. If she goes to...

Hey guys, I myself have a problem that sounds simple but I can't seem to figure out. The question is simple. The "My Computer" icon is missing from my desktop. It's also missing from the Administrator account and I can't get it show either on any new account that I create. I use here at home...

Hi all, I'm just wondering how I quickly get to see my desktop when I have a few programs open? My old system had a desktop icon on the bottom task bar thingie, but this one doesn't appear to have one. (All this minimizing is going to give me RSI:)) cheers, Toni

Hi. I have W7 Pro and use FF 3.6 browser. I just re-installed FF to clear up a problem I had with it. Now my Taskbar icon for FF is a windows generic icon. The same generic icon for FF is in the Start menu. But on the desktop I have the real FF icon. When I pin the desktop icon to the Taskbar it...

Hi there, Firstly, I'd like to apologize, I'm Spanish so translate Windows board messages to English is sometimes quite difficult. I was trying to create a new partition for installing XP, so I entered to Computer Management in Computer (from desktop icon) -> Manage from the only user account...

Hi, I'm on Time Warner wired modem, no wireless or router. Using Win 7 Ultimate - 64 bit. I've noticed that every so often I get a blue circle icon on the desktop around my "Internet Access" icon near the clock. I can get on the web with or without the blue icon. I have been having...

I recnetly installed Vista (Home Basic). I did an upgrade from Windows XP (Home) SP2. Though it's working well, there are a couple of minor annoyances I'd like to straighten out. Here are two that relate to Internet Explorer: 1. History is missing. Whne I press Ctrl+Shift+H or click on the...

sorry for not registering but i thought id help a few beta testers out being one my self and using a nvidia gforce 6800ultra you can use the older 77,xx drivers available here , please note that using these drivers disables the glass effect, they are better than the alpha drivers from the...