Windows 10: Changes to Windows Desktop - WHY?

I can't for the life of me understand why the developers at Microsoft want to continually make changes to the desktop. I learned it back when Windows 95 was released and have become comfortable with it until the last few releases and updates. Now with every update, I'm forced to spend hours learning a new way to do things or search for a workaround to get back to something I can use. I just installed the latest Windows 11 22H2 update and my taskbar has vanished. I had QuickLaunch working before this update and now it's been wiped away at the whim of the someone at Microsoft. That only mak

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Overclocking / Undervolting guide for Vega 56 or 64?

Here's a quick laundry list:

List of software to use for overclocking and testing
Examples:
Wattman (and how to find and use it, like an overview, including profiles)
Unigine Valley or Heaven (use this for quick testing while changing settings in Wattman and checking for stability / artifacts) ...just suggesting this
How to monitor cores / mem speeds and temps during testing (I've seen screen overlays, and others using GPUz)

Step-by step overclocking in Wattman
Fan speeds
Power limit
Temp limit
Voltages
Core speeds
Memory speeds

 

Cannot change desktop icon

Sometimes a desktop icon changes from what it was to a plain white folder. Might be something I did but not sure what.

To change it to the icon I want, I go:

1. Rt-click icon > Properties > Change icon
2. I select the icon I want from the thumbnails of icons.
3. Click OK
4. Click Apply

But the icon does not change. It just stays looking like a white folder.
HOWEVER, if I pin the icon to the taskbar, the icon on the taskbar does look like the icon I selected in step-2. So the change is registered with Win10 but the icon on the desktop just doesn't change.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

How to change default desktop color

Hi,

As per the description, I understand that you would like to change the default desktop color.

You may follow the steps given below and check.

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  Click on the start button.
  
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  Click on settings.
  
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  Click on personalization.
  
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  Select color.
  
• 
  Choose a color for your desktop.
  

I would suggest you to refer to the Microsoft Help Article given below and check if that helps.

Get Started with Windows 10.

Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other assistance with Windows in future. We will be happy to assist you.