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Adding Icons to the Windows Vista Desktop

By default the only icon appearing on the desktop of a new system is the Recycle Bin icon. You may want to add commonly used icons (such as the Control Panel Icon) to the desktop. Here's how:

1 right click on the desktop
2 click 'Personalize'
3 in the left-hand frame click 'Change desktop icons'
4 choose the icons you want added to the desktop

The icons you can control via the above proceedure are: Computer, User's Files, Network, Recycle Bin, Control Panel.

Note also, that you can drag icons from the desktop to the Quick Launch Toolbar (area next to the Windows Start Button) and vice versa - handy if desktop space is an issue.

You can also drag one of the start menu items to the desktop to create a shortcut on the desktop - the start menu item will remain in place.