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Aside from manually deleting the shortcuts and icons on your desktop (the Recycle Bin cannot be deleted): you can right-click the background, find "Arrange Icons By" and press "Show Desktop Icons". This'll hide all the existing icons, so if you press "Show Desktop Icons again, they'll all return.

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What do you do if an Internet picture was set as your desktop image and now all your desktop icons have disappeared?

Did you try right clicking on your desktop and choosing "arrange icons with" and then choosing "show desktop icons"


What are unused icons?

Unused icons are programs on your desktop that you have not opened for a while. Windows notifies you that you haven't used them in a while and will want to create a folder and put them all in for you to clear clutter.


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How do you get your desktop icons to not overlap?

Icons can be dragged with the mouse. If you have so many icons on your desktop that there is no room for them all without overlapping, you should review them to see if you really need that many.


What is the name of the screen where all the icons are located?

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Where is the desktop located on the computer?

The area with the screen saver and all of those little icons is the desktop.


Why all icons on your desktop are highlighted?

You may have accidentally hit the 'Ctrl' and 'A' keys at the same time. Try clicking once on the desktop away from the icons - that might "unhighlight" them.


How do you hide the icons on your desktop without losing the program?

Right Click Your Desktop Select View Untick Show Desktop Icons


What happens when there is no space on the desktop?

If there is no space on the desktop for icons, the icons will run off the screen. Thus the icons will not be displayed. If you use up the space, you could delete icons you don't use, resize the icons, increase the screen resolution, or create a folder on the desktop to move your less commonly used icons to.


Where are your windows icons stored?

in my opinion the icons are stored on the desktop


Does all of your documents and icons stay on the desktop when you restart a computer?

Any icon on the desktop will stay on the desktop when you restart your computer. Upon windows shutdown, Windows saves all of your settings and preferences. So when you restart all of the icons, documents, pictures and everything else will stay right were it was.


Can't get desktop icons to open application in Windows 7?

Don't know if you are talking about any specific application but to view desktop icons, right click on desktop go to 'view' and select/check (if unchecked) 'show desktop icons'.