Desktop shortcuts offer easy to way access files, programs, and folders. In Windows 7 and earlier versions of Windows, we could create a shortcut to a program on the desktop by right-clicking on the program in the Start menu, clicking Send to option, and then clicking Desktop (create shortcut). In Windows 10, you don’t get […]
How To Create Website Shortcut On Desktop In Windows 10/11
Few web browsers like Mozilla Firefox support pinning your favorite website or webpage to the new tab page. But since one can’t pin tens of websites to the new tab page of your browser, you might want to create shortcuts for your favorite websites or webpages on your Windows 10 desktop. The other advantage of […]
How To Move Desktop, Downloads & Documents To Another Drive In Windows 10
Most of us save downloaded files in the default Downloads folder, and many of us have tens of folders and files on the desktop. Since most users have GBs of data in both Downloads and Desktop (all items on the desktop are saved in the Desktop folder) folder, it’s a good idea to move these […]
Access Desktop Icons & Files In Windows 10 Tablet Mode
The Tablet mode is one of the many fantastic features introduced with Windows 10. While the Tablet mode is turned off by default on non-touch devices, the functionality is turned on by default on tablets. When the Tablet mode is active, the Start menu goes to full screen to become the Start screen, and app […]
How To Add Recycle Bin Icon To Desktop In Windows 10/11
When you perform a clean install of Windows 10/11 or create a new user account, the Recycle Bin icon appears on the desktop by default. Not all users use the Recycle Bin, as many prefer to use the Shift + Del hotkey to permanently delete files instead of moving them to the Recycle Bin. That […]
How To Remove Watermark From Windows 10 Desktop
Like previous Windows versions, when you install a pre-release or Insider Preview build of Windows 10 on your PC, a small watermark appears at the lower right corner of the desktop showing the edition and build number of Windows 10. As you know, the watermark on Windows 10 desktop takes a very small portion of […]
DeskLock Locks Desktop Icons To Prevent Others From Moving Them
On my primary Windows 10 PC, I have about twenty applications and folders icons on the desktop. I have spent a considerable amount of time carefully arranging them across the top and bottom of the screen. Although my desktop doesn’t look cluttered, I always hide icons with a keyboard shortcut. If you also have thoughtfully […]
How To Create Keyboard Shortcut To Show or Hide Desktop Icons
A bunch of application shortcuts, files and folders easily make a beautiful desktop look cluttered. Creating a new folder on desktop and moving all program shortcuts and other stuffs on the desktop to this new folder is one of the ways to clean up the desktop without actually cleaning up the stuff. A lot of […]
How To Set Animated GIF As Desktop Background In Windows 7
It’s amazingly easy to set a beautiful picture as wallpaper in Windows operating system. The task can be accomplished by right-clicking on the picture file and then clicking Set as desktop background option. Even though setting non-animated pictures as wallpaper is a simple task, Windows doesn’t support using animated picture or video as background out […]
How To Create App Shorcuts On Desktop In Windows 10
The metro or modern apps introduced with Windows 8 were not accessible from the desktop environment. One had to switch to the Start screen in order to launch an app as Windows 8 didn’t let users create app shortcuts on the desktop. Though Windows 8.1 was slightly better for desktop users, it was still lacking […]
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