desktop icons

I would very much like it if Windows 7 could remember that I want my Windows Explorer window to take up the left side of my screen and my USB drive to take up the right side of the screen, however, Windows 7 keeps wanting to open them both on the same side... sometimes left and sometimes right...

ever since yesterday ive been havng prob playing games, slow load times and freezing, i also noticed upon turning on comp the desktop icons load up slower plus other things load slower, the forums for the game i pla yreccomended i update my windows updater which i did except service pack 1 which...

Whenever I try to boot my computer the "welcome" message on the start up does not appear. The graphics appear to be changed a little, but can successfully login to my account . The desktop icons are displayed without the corresponding descriptive text for example I can see computer icon but not...

Running W7 home 'premium', with IE 9. Yesterday the favorites entry that led to the LIST of favorites and folders vanished. Also gone is the File menu. The sparse favorites bar with one pinned link is intact and useless. users\username\favorites is completely intact. hint(?) - On July 6 W7...

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,m having a huge problem with my computer. i tried to open a file by double clicking on it and it didnt work so I right clicked and went into the OPEN WITH. there i clicked on internet explorer to open the file. Once I did that every program on my desktop switched its icon to the internet...

Fixes an issue in which a 30-second delay occurs during the logon process if the computer has the "Hide all icons on Desktop" Group Policy and the "Normal Wallpaper" Group Policy configured in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008. More...

in windows xp when you right click on the desktop you have the option to lock the icons to the desktop. where is that option on windows 7. because I place all my icons around the edge of my screen, but when I re boot they all re appear all on the left side of the desktop. please help thank you.

Hi everyone.. Thank you for having a look at this question... I have a Dell Studio laptop which has 4GB ram and a core 2 duo processor with a Windows 7 OS.. The problem with this laptop is that, I am not able to drag and drop icons on the desktop nor in the folders... Drag and Drop never...

Everytime I install Windows 7 I have my optical Drives & removable Media Icons on the desktop, after about a week they disapear if there is no media present in them & then keep disapearing constantly afterwards, has anyone come across this problem or know of a solution, it seems like theres a...

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...

Hi, Heres hoping someone can help me with a problem i am having with a new pc operating windows 7. Some of the webpages i vist eg itunes skype, this one, the pages appear to be faded and washed out. I am unable to see text boxes and all the colours are pale. The monitor is a new benq with...

I have been asked to look at PC desktop computer belonging to a colleague. Basically he said he has lost a lot of icons from the desktop and some of his short cuts to certain programmes. I have checked and the programmes are still installed so that’s not a problem in recreating some of the short...

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

Hi everyone, I've been searching around for a way to customize these, but I still haven't found it :( I'm setting up win 7 for my 4yo, and his game icons really suck :( I did stumble upon how to change the startup screen which is nice :teeth: Does anyone know how the game folder icons can be...

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...

Hi, OK so I booted up my PC today and was met with a malware program called 'Windows Recovery' stating that I had lots of faults with various aspects of my PC. I could not view any files in my programs folder on the C: drive or in the 'My Documents' folder. The program was also bringing up...

Hi I posted this an hour ago but it didn't appear. This is my first post to this group >>> Hi Windows 7 is driving me crazy. I lost all my desktop icons. A search for a cure brought me to your group. I tried to upgrade to the latest IE. When I launched it I got a white content area but if I...

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...