Display My Computer Icon on the Desktop in Windows 7 or Vista
I don’t know about you, but I really preferred having the My Computer icon right on the desktop. Seems like modern versions of windows don’t have it by default anymore. There are two different ways you can add the icon back.
Easy Method
To put the Computer icon on the desktop, click the Start button, and then right-click on “Computer”.
Click the “Show on Desktop” item in the menu, and your Computer icon will show up on the desktop:
Nearly as Easy Method
Right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize, then click on “Change Desktop Icons” on the left-hand side of the screen.
In the Desktop Icons panel you can choose which of the built-in icons to show on the desktop:
One of the most common requests is how to add the Recycle bin back… which you can also do from the above panel.
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Where do I find “my computer” on Windows Vista? How do I enlarge the lettering on the tool bars and icons? Why am I unauthorized to open Network?
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Thank you…very helpful!
The desktop wallpaper will not show up on the desktop. What do I need to do to fix this problem?
Thank you. Just what I needed & wanted. Bless you.
Thanks! It seems obvious now….
You can also add a toolbar called “Computer” on the Taskbar. Click on “>>” and you’ll get subfolders and drives. Easier access.
The writing on the icons of my desktop is much smaller, how do I enlarge it?
thank u… finally i know how to change
Thank you very much, well done.
I don’t see ‘my computer’ on my Vista system. I am learning how to copy a file to a disc and it said I needed to click on ‘my computer’ to begin the process. I am an ole’ Gal, but I thought smarter than this…I don’t see it. Help please
Hi Guys
Thank you soo much for valuable informations you have for Vista.
thank you! very helpful.
Great. Thanks!
Where and how do I find hardware acceleration on windows vista
i want to know how to make my icons bigger on my new vista
thanks pete
i did both things and my icons still are not showing on my destop
Worked like a charm. Thanks, Peter
Thank you , Thank you , Thank you
You have no idea how gr8ful I am
Very helpful, thanks!
Hi there guys, to find my computer, go to Accessories, system tools and right click my computer, create shortcut copy then drag the created shortcut copy to start up. thanks folks …
I’d like to know how you got the real IE8 icon back onto the desktop!
I WANT THE INTERNET ICON BACK ON MY DESKTOP. IHAVE THE INTERNET EXPLORER ICON ON MY DESKTOP ALSO I WANT JUST THE INTERNET ICON ALSO.
I have an HP Pavilion dv7 with Vista and NVIDIA graphics…just did a driver update through windows update providing it to me…..next thing I know everything’s smaller. Internet pages are as if the margins were enlarged to where the entire page is in the center of the window rather than using up the entire window space as I’m used to. Messenger fonts are all different now also. My desktop fonts are all smaller and different. I did a driver roll back, a system restore, anything I could think of I’ve tried. I’ve gone into NVIDIA Control Panel, Vista Control Panel, played with all the dipslay settings but nothing!!! I’m frustrated!! Please help!!! Thank-you everyone!
Thanks a lot…