Desktop icons missing

I have two related questions after updating to wheezy today. 1. Gnome classic desktop displays no desktop icons. That is, the launchers from ~/Desktop/ do not display. Is there a way to caues them to display? I have temporarily changed to XFCE and ...

Message posted on the March 1st, 2012 - 11:20 PM ET

Change the size of your desktop icons in Windows Vista

This tip will allow you to change the size of your desktop icons in Windows Vista.

Tips & Tricks published on the June 5th, 2007 - 8:22 AM ET

Save the location of your icons

Save the location of your icons.

Tips & Tricks published on the October 17th, 2003 - 6:00 PM ET

Activate the virtual desktop manager

Activate the virtual desktop manager.

Tips & Tricks published on the February 3rd, 2002 - 4:10 AM ET

Everything to customise Windows 7 – desktop, themes, widgets, menu and software

Customising the graphical appearance of Windows 7 with only two or three actions and no technical knowledge is indeed possible! In this article we will show you how to make easy changes to your system to make it feel more like your own with themes, ...

Review published on the November 14th, 2011 - 2:50 AM ET

Disable the desktop cleanup wizard

By default, Windows XP will periodically inform use with the use of an information bubble that we have unused shortcuts on our desktop. It will offer the run the clean up wizard for you, and unless you perform this function then each time you open ...

Tips & Tricks published on the July 5th, 2005 - 6:00 PM ET

Create a desktop shortcut to copy your diskettes

Create a desktop shortcut to copy your diskettes.

Tips & Tricks published on the September 12th, 2002 - 6:00 PM ET

Unity : the new Ubuntu desktop environment

Canonical has unveiled their new Unity desktop environment which will be present in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. Canonical also wants to introduce Linux into Windows computers.

News published on the May 11th, 2010 - 11:40 AM ET

Office desktop icons

The mention of icons reminded me of a curiosity. I created desktop icons for Word and other bits of Office2010 by opening Office in all programs and dragging them to the desktop. But that removes them completely from all programs. I also notice ...

Message posted on the September 12th, 2012 - 9:00 PM ET

Scrambled desktop icons

Does anyone know of a virus or anyhting else that could scramble desktop icons? I closed my Toshiba laptop without logging off, and moved it to the next room, where I wanted to scan some pictures. I started it up, clicked on the scanner icon, and ...

Message posted on the June 15th, 2012 - 11:29 AM ET

"Desktop icons" folder

I've got Win 7 Home Premium with Aero on a Dell laptop, and have started doing some customizations. I have a folder on my desktop called "Desktop Icons". I remember seeing that when I first got my computer, and I thought I got rid of it, ...

Message posted on the November 10th, 2010 - 4:31 AM ET

Desktop Icons Invisible While Dragging

Hi All, I haven't been able to find a message here that addresses this issue. In Windows 7, when I drag icons around my desktop, they disappear until I release the mouse button. This makes positioning them difficult. In Win 2000 and Win XP, ...

Message posted on the February 5th, 2010 - 10:27 AM ET

Desktop icons changing with IE7

I seem to have messed up my computer. I've just now installed IE7 and ran into the problem of my self-made desktop icons for websites being replaced by the general IE symbol. I read some old posts and think I've learned how to fix that, but in the ...

Message posted on the May 10th, 2010 - 2:49 AM ET

Re: Desktop Icons, Changing Color of Text and Background

Hi 98 Guy, Thank you and Lostgallifreyan for your responses. I have two books, "Windows 98 Secrets" and "Windows 98 Resource". I could not find a way to do what I want in those books. That is why I posted that message. I ...

Message posted on the June 2nd, 2011 - 9:10 AM ET