Windows 10: Deleting Desktop Icons.

Discus and support Deleting Desktop Icons. in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I'm a bit uncertain about deleting desktop icons. I recently got two new kinds: downloaded youtube vids got put in desktop with an icon on the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by abrogard, May 18, 2017.

  1. abrogard Win User

    Deleting Desktop Icons.


    I'm a bit uncertain about deleting desktop icons.

    I recently got two new kinds:

    downloaded youtube vids got put in desktop with an icon on the desktop.
    saved .txt files got saved to the desktop with an icon.

    I think I've found that if I right click and delete the video icons the icons goes away, which is what I want, and the video file itself remains, which is what I want.

    But if I right click and delete the .txt file icons both the file and the icon disappear, which is not what I want.

    Is there a difference in how the two should operate?

    :)
     
    abrogard, May 18, 2017
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  2. Sam___ Win User

    Desktop icon deleted

    That sounds like a really weird problem. When you say disappeared, do you mean the contents are deleted? If so have you checked for malware and made sure your keyboard is functioning correctly? This is not typical behaviour of the Windows 10 operating system.

    -Sam
     
    Sam___, May 18, 2017
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  3. Sam___ Win User
    Desktop icon deleted

    Hi,

    Right click on the desktop > Go to "Personalize" > Go to "Themes" > Click on "Desktop Icon Settings" > Check the 'Computer' and 'User Files' boxes and press ok.

    You should your icons on the desktop now.

    -Sam
     
    Sam___, May 18, 2017
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  4. PJLLB Win User

    Deleting Desktop Icons.

    Yes. Apparently the videos create a shortcut on the desktop to the actual file (which is why deleting the video icons on the desktop result in the file remaining), and the txt files are actual files located on the desktop which is why they vanish when you delete the icon.

    Simple.
     
    PJLLB, May 18, 2017
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  5. spunk Win User
    To avoid confusion, always save your Documents, in the Documents folder not on the Desktop. You should only have Shortcut to programs that you use most on your desktop or documents you edit often, but not for long term storage.
     
    spunk, May 18, 2017
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  6. abrogard Win User
    the videos actually were on the desktop - i.e. in the desktop folder. mp3's and others. right there. with the links. i've just moved everything out.

    yes, save to documents or such. i know. i agree. i do. i actually save to a data disk removed from the system disk. what happened here with all this stuff i don't know yet

    but it happened and when i casually deleted some icons thinking that was the way to go - from past experience - i got a shock when actual text files went missing.
     
    abrogard, Apr 4, 2018
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