How to Add My Computer & Other Icons to the Vista Desktop

Feb 1 2007, 10:00am CST | by Shane McGlaun

The other day I covered how to turn Windows Aero on after you perform a clean install on your PC. Earlier today I went over how to turn ClearType off if you don’t like the way the font looks.

Another thing that might throw users upgrading to Vista when performing a clean install is getting the familiar icons for My Computer, Network, Recycle Bin and others onto your desktop. This task isn’t difficult; you just have to know where to look as it is a little different than adding the icons was in Windows XP. Follow the steps on the next page to add your desktop icons.

Right click on an empty portion of your Vista desktop
Click the link in the upper left corner under Tasks that says “Change desktop icons”
Click the check boxes beside the icons you wish to display on your Vista desktop
Click Apply
Click OK to close the window
Click the “X” in the upper right corner of the personalization screen to close it and you are done.

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