Windows 10: Getting more and different easily used desktop icons...

Usta be you could load all kinds of free icons for your desktop. Now all these so called "free" sites seem to be little more than scams to sell you stuff as it's almost impossible to download any of their "free" icons, especially in a usable .ico format!

However Win 10 does have some more stashed away in the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

What I do is copy that address link into a word file and save it in my documents. Then, whenever I right-click on an existing desktop icon and get into the "properties/change icon" box, I substitute paste that copied link into the upper address slot, click OK on the bottom of the form, and presto; Win 10 then provides more icons to brows thru than their usual sparse list!

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Getting more and different easily used desktop icons...

Usta be you could load all kinds of free icons for your desktop. Now all these so called "free" sites seem to be little more than scams to sell you stuff as it's almost impossible to download any of their "free" icons, especially in a usable .ico format!

However Win 10 does have some more stashed away in the following location:
C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll

What I do is copy that address link into a word file and save it in my documents. Then, whenever I right-click on an existing desktop icon and get into the "properties/change icon" box, I substitute paste that copied link into the upper address slot, click OK on the bottom of the form, and presto; Win 10 then provides more icons to brows thru than their usual sparse list!

 

Problem with desktop icons

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



This issue could be caused if the Desktop Icons are hidden.

1. May I know, if you are aware of any recent changes made to the system after which you are facing this issue?
2. Which version and edition of Windows is installed on the computer?

I suggest you go through this articleShow, hide, or
resize desktop icons follow the steps, if the icons are hidden, you should get it back.



If you want to pin any icon to desktop you can check

Pin apps and folders to the desktop or taskbar and you can easily access them from the desktop screen.



If you still face the issue, reply to this post with more information.



Hope it helps.

Amit Sunar

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Remove Linux Desktop Icons

I am not sure whether this will work (Ubuntu does not have icons like that on the desktop by default), but I suggest opening the trash bin and sweeping the icons into the window showing the trash bin.