Click the check boxes for any desktop icons you want to appear on the windows 7 desktop.
My computer icon windows 7 home basic.
To turn off tablet mode select action center on the taskbar next to date and time and then select tablet mode to turn it on or off.
Provides one click access to the computer window which shows all the drives and components connected to your computer including drives that you ve.
Add the my computer icon to the desktop in windows 7 8 or vista.
To delete any desktop icons right click it and.
Windows 8 and 10 don t show any of the desktop icons except for recycle bin and even windows 7 doesn t show them all.
If you are in tablet mode you may not be able to see your desktop icons properly.
My computer icon is now displayed on the desktop.
Select which desktop icons you want and click ok.
Right click on the desktop and choose personalize then click on change desktop icons on the left hand side of the screen.
On settings click change desktop icons on the left menu.
My computer icon is named as this pc in windows 10 but you can easily rename it back to my computer by simply right clicking the icon while it is on the desktop and renaming it.
Display my computer icon on windows 7 8.
For a complete rundown check out our guide to restoring missing desktop icons in windows 7 8 or 10.
In addition to the recycle bin icon you can add the following icons to your windows 7 desktop.
You can find the program by searching for the program name in file explorer.
On windows desktop right click on the desktop and select personalize.
But you can still change how these icons appear elsewhere on your system.