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To Add or Remove Common Desktop Icons in Settings app. 1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon. If you like, you can open Run (Win+R), type the desk.cpl ,5 or rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0 command into Run, and click/tap on OK to directly open Desktop Icon Settings at step 4 below instead.
Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10. (search that for Settings) and on a different tack - do this: Add Personalize (classic) context menu in Windows 10. Then click on a blank area of the desktop, click Personalize (classic) then click Desktop Icon settings and see what happens. My Computers.
Enable_changing_desktop_icons.reg. 3. To Disable Changing Desktop Icons for All Users. A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below. Disable_changing_desktop_icons.reg. 4. Save the .reg file to your desktop. 5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
1 Do step 2 (show) or step 3 (hide) below for what you would like to do. 2 To Show All Your Desktop Icons. This is the default setting. A) Right click or press and hold on your desktop (Shift+F10), click/tap on View, and click/tap on Show desktop icons to check it afterwards. (see screenshot below) 3 To Hide All Your Desktop Icons.
3. To Disable Remote Desktop Connections. A) Click/tap on Remote Desktop on the left side, and turn off Enable Remote Desktop on the right side. (see screenshot below) B) Click/tap on Confirm, and go to step 5 below. (see screenshot below) 4. To Enable Remote Desktop Connections. This is the default setting.
Afterwards, the current layout is saved to the registry, and you will no longer be able to restore your previous desktop icons layout. 1 Right click or press and hold on your desktop (Shift+F10), click/tap on View, and click/tap on Align icons to grid to check (on - default) or uncheck (off) it. (see screenshot below) OPTION TWO.
To Change Default Icon for This PC in Desktop Icon Settings. 1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon. If you like, you can open Run (Win+R), enter the command below into Run, and click/tap on OK to directly open Desktop Icon Settings at step 4 below instead. 2.
Afterwards, the current layout is saved to the registry, and you will no longer be able to restore your previous desktop icons layout. 1 Right click or press and hold on your desktop (Shift+F10), click/tap on View, and click/tap on Auto arrange icons to check (on) or uncheck (off - default) it. (see screenshot below) OPTION TWO.
To Manually Create a Desktop Icon Settings Shortcut. 1. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut. 2. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below) 3.
4 To Change the Desktop Icon "Horizontal" Spacing. A) In the right pane of WindowMetrics, double click/tap on IconSpacing to modify it. (see screenshot below) B) Type in a value between -480 to -2730, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below) The default value is -1128. The minimum amount of space is -480, and the maximum is -2730.