Questions tagged [desktop-icons]
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Duplicate Windows 10 desktop icons so that they're visible on all monitors
I've recently got a second monitor for my PC. I'm running Windows 10 and I was wondering if there is a way to show the desktop icons that are on the main display on the other screen as well.
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Icons are broken
I have a problem after installing a program to remove the arrows on the desktop icons. Instead of removing the arrows, all my icons do not appear properly. It is like half is showing. It is hard to ...
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Windows 10 randomly places new desktop icons in top left corner
Sometimes when I, for example, extract a folder from an archive with WinRAR to the desktop, the folder gets placed in the top left corner of the desktop and messes up the ordering of other icons. But ...
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Trust and launch all desktop files after restart RHEL 7
My 64-bit computer running RHEL 7.5 was recently updated to kernel version 3.10.0-862.el7. Since then, every time I restart my computer, all of my desktop icons are gone and replaced by generic file ...
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Desktop icon layout keeps changing when resuming from standby
I use my laptop for college and as a result, it's moved around a lot. When the lid is shut I have it going to standby, but however every time I resume it, my desktop layout changes.
It goes from this:...
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How do I get the Windows 8 Desktop to stop refreshing itself while I'm working?
I have an Asus touchscreen laptop with Windows 8, not RT. The best way that I can describe the problem is: when I am working on something in the desktop, the desktop/screen refreshes itself. It doesn'...
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Windows icons disappeared and background became blurry
I'm having a strange problem with Windows 10 since yesterday.
Basically, all icons on the desktop have disappeared and the background has become blurry.
When I try to remove a display or change ...
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How to remove OneDrive sync status icons on Desktop
I'm on Windows 10 and I have a question regarding OneDrive sync status icons. Usually, these are displayed in the File Explorer next to the file. I have Desktop sync set up in OneDrive so all my files ...
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Hide Specific Desktop Icons
I am looking for a way to hide icons that are placed on my desktop from Active Directory. I do not use these icons and want to declutter. If I delete or move them, my PC will restart during off-hours ...
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Windows desktop icons refreshing after wake-from-sleep
How can I figure out what process is causing my Win 10 desktop icons to redraw/refresh every day? I sleep my computer every night, and when I wake it up each morning, usually around 2-3 minutes after ...
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Win 10 Creators Update 1703: how to reactivate free icon placement?
Since for ever I put my icons at the bottom of the screen, so far the descriptions aren't even visible. My taskbar is at the top.
But since the update there is huge usable zone for icons at the ...
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All .exe extensions launch cmd.exe - how to undo this?
In troubleshooting a separate matter related to file icons and extensions, I right clicked a .exe icon on the desktop and set to open with cmd.exe. This was not what I wanted to do.
Then, all my .exe ...
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Is there a way to hide the blue compression arrows on a Win 10 icon
In Windows 10 there is a new indicator to show a folder or file is being compressed.
It even shows this for shortcuts and folders.
I don't want to see this...
How do I make them disappear (other ...
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Windows 10 shortcut icons are messed up
I recently encountered a problem with my Windows 10.
My shortcuts are using a different symbol (the down left corner of the shortcut) other than the normal shortcut symbol. The symbol changes from ...
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Some icons can't be placed on the bottom row in certain spots?
I'm currently having a very strange issue where certain icons can't be placed on the bottom row of my desktop and only in certain spots. Does anyone know what is going on?
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My Desktop Icons are Magically Moving
I'm tired of the desktop icons moving when I turn on my computer. I've unchecked "Auto-arrange icons" and "Allow themes to change desktop icons" (as suggested by a google search), but the problem ...
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Cannot move the icons in windows explorer
I cannot move items in any explorer instance. Desktop or any other Explorer folder, I just can't move icons around.
I've tried anti virus / anti-spyware software. I have SP3 and it's not due to "keep ...
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Netflix Metro App Desktop Shortcut Icon Missing
I am not understanding why this would be happening and can't seem to fix it.
What it looks like:
I've tried deleting the shortcut and creating a new one and it worked once, not any more. I've also ...
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Windows 11 Taskbar Icon Not Match File Icon
The EXE file '360 DFV STITCHER xxx.exe' was created using Pyinstaller. The Taskbar shows the GUI LOGO icon 'logo.png' and the EXE file shows the icon '360_stitcher.ico'.
What was attempted to solve ...
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One drive cycling status icons on desktop
I have an intermittent issue with OneDrive on Windows 11.
On my desktop, the OneDrive status icons (i.e. green-tick, red-cross) which show on top of file thumbnails start cycling through different ...
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Windows 10 desktop, stack windows on the right instead of the left
When I switch between using my laptop on its own, using it with my office setup with one monitor, and using it at home with two monitors, it naturally loses track of where its open windows are, so ...
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passing system variable inside another variable
My issue: I need to copy specific icons to user desktops that point to various engrg resources. These icons update somewhat regularly. My initial batch file was simply using robocopy to do this, and ...
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Shortcut Icon is overlapping with another icon
After I download something from the Internet (may have a virus), all of my shortcut file icons are overlapped by a weird icon. The icon looks like the icon of the file without any icon attached to it (...
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Same Icon on a folder and its nested sub folder in Windows 7
Does Window 7 provide such a feature where the same Icon can be applied to folders nested folders? Even if a new folder is created it should have the same folder.
The images are shown of all folders, ...
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USB device disconnected/connected sound plays at random times
I bought a used Lenovo Thinkpad W540 running Windows 10 Professional. Periodically it makes the USB device disconnected sound followed a few seconds later with the USB device connected sound. When the ...
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Icon spacing and monitor disordered on Windows 10
this morning I switched on my laptop (with a second monitor) and my icons on the desktop were disordered, they had a too long spacing (width and height) and they were on my second monitor. I searched ...
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How to switch Windows 10 icon text shadows on/off?
After a recent update icon titles on the Windows 10 desktop have shadows. Some users find the text harder to read with shadows.
Does anybody know how/where to switch them off?
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Windows 10 - .pdf icon cannot be removed from the desktop
From a web page I saved as a .pdf, now I have the icon on the desktop.
But,I cannot remove it,open or rename this icon.
I tried to move it to the recycle bin but nothing happens.
Can,please,someone ...
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Slow snap to grid in macOS
I just got a new Macbook Pro, and in my 2012 Macbook Pro if I move an icon on the desktop it moves slowly to snap to the underlying grid. This is very aesthetically pleasing. My new laptop moves icons ...
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Windows 7 generic icon over normal icon
I have a problem with one windows 7 machine. If I logged in, I can see any generic icons. But under the generic icon is the normal icon of the program.
I tried to delete the IconCache.db and set the ...
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How do I fix icon clipping in folders?
I am having an issues with images/icons clipping outside of folders. Also, icons that have transparency have white boxes around them while in folders. Here's two images showing my issue(s):
I've ...
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How to remove NUMIX file icons from Windows 10 Pro?
I downloaded Numix Project W10, changed my folder icons. But then I wanted to go back to my default icon settings. So I removed the downloaded folder, deleted "Local Disk C > Windows > System 32 > ...
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Outlook 2016 notification only with new unread email, not old unread emails?
Currently outlook 2016 always show the yellow mail notification icon. In my mailbox, I have a bunch of read and unread emails. The notification icon seems to always show due to the existing unread ...
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Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop is Appear after Use Split Screen. How to Fix That?
I disabled Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop in Advanced system settings -> Advanced -> Performance Settings:
and on start system I don't have shadows (alright). But after I use split ...
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How to restore (shortcut icon) for Firefox in Windows 8.1 system x64
Firefox icon shows on Start Menu and Taskbar but a generic icon shows on Desktop. From the Start Menu a right click does not give options of Send To Desktop or any other place. Also in file location ...
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Restore desktop icon locations after turning off the magnifier tool
I turned on the magnifier (Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Accesibility > Start Magnifier) and when I turned it off all of my desktop icons are mixed up, so I want to restore ...
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Windows 10 desktop icons not showing sporadically
I use Windows 10 and Fences, both using the most recent version.
Sometimes when I boot my computer, desktop icons are not showing and I can't click or select on the desktop. It's just the wallpaper ...
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Explorer is searching for content, icons fail to load and/or display properly
When I first open a drive or folder in the 'My Computer' window, everything displays correctly, loads fast, works fine.
In a few seconds the green loading bar appears. If I open any other folder ...
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I want a desktop icon on the left of taskbar to look like the word icon
Is it true I can not place a shortcut for my "desktop" to the left of the taskbar? I want it to look just like the Word, folders Excel One Note icons. It seems like it should be a simple thing.
I ...
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Differences in cursor previews
I was looking at some of the system cursors present in C:\Windows\Cursors and I saw that there are differences in the previews shown in different places by Windows Explorer
This has happened on ...
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Easiest way to use a keyboard shortcut to toggle desktop icons
I've tried autohotkey, and I can't find a script that will work with windows 8 after hours of searching. Please help me find an easy way to assign a keyboard shortcut like windows F11 to toggle the ...
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Desktop Icons are frozen
My desktop icons & favorites bar icons have frozen. Is there a driver or command to make them draggable again? I am running XP SP3.
