Posts under Desktop tag.

Restore desktop icon layout to original position in Windows 10

We all love our desktops and the way we arrange icons on it. Sometimes, the arrangement of the icons is lost either because something in the system changed, or because you did with the right click and sorted it. Many a […]

How to set animated GIFs as wallpaper in Windows 10

By now it should be painfully clear that Windows 10 does not support GIFs as wallpapers, and for some, that’s a problem. It’s a minor issue from our side since having a moving wallpaper uses up extra resources and gradually […]

Desktop Location is not available in Windows 10

The Desktop is the center of Windows OS. We keep a lot of files there, and since this is where you land up after you login to your account, it creates chaos if you can’t access it. Sometimes the system throws an […]

Windows desktop background changes by itself automatically

Sometimes, when you initially upgrade to Windows 10 or install any feature update of Windows 10, your desktop background settings may get messed up, and all the new modifications you make in order to fix them stay only until a […]

BetterDesktopTool adds Exposé and Spaces like features to Windows

If you are into keyboard shortcuts and love to move around quickly using the keyboard, then this is for you. Windows has always been trying best to improve keyboard shortcuts and making it easier to navigate around the desktop and […]

Desktop icons moved from Primary Monitor to Secondary Monitor in Windows 10

If you have recently updated your computer to Windows 10 v1803 and then found that all the Desktop icons had moved from the Primary Monitor to the Secondary Monitor, here is a simple suggestion that will help you bring back all […]

Desktop icons slow to load in Windows 10/8/7

If your Desktop icons are slow to load in Windows 10/8/7, then these suggestions will help you fix the slow startup and boot problems. This could result because of the presence of many startup programs, a corrupted User Profile or […]

Backup, Save and Restore Desktop Icon Layouts with ReIcon

ReIcon, as the name suggests, is a tool which helps you to rearrange and restore your desktop icons on Windows PC. Our desktop icons are actually the shortcuts of all programs we frequently run on our PC or the shortcuts […]

Iconoid helps you better manage your Windows desktop icons

Decluttering is important, be it your room or your desktop. A clean and tidy desktop is not just pleasing to eyes, but it also increases your productivity. It is always easier to find things on a clean desktop as compared […]

Desktop icons rearrange and move after reboot in Windows 10

Several Windows users at some point or the other have experienced the problem of their Desktop icons rearranging or moving after reboot. If your Desktop icons keep jumping, bouncing, moving or rearranging after rebooting on Windows 10 PC, here are a […]

ViPad is a cool desktop app launcher and organizer for Windows PC

ViPad is a free software for Windows 10/8/7 that acts as an app launcher and helps you organize your desktop. If you have a cluttered desktop, then this freeware will help you get a clutter-free desktop environment. Let us take […]

Change desktop icons view in Windows 10 to Details and List view

On your Windows desktop, we place icon shortcuts to our oft-accessed programs, files and folders. While the default icons view is that they are displayed as icons in Medium size, there are other ways too, that icons can be displayed. […]

Create single desktop shortcut to open multiple web pages in Windows

It is possible to add several web page shortcuts to the Windows 10 desktop, but that might not be a good idea since it could cause a huge mess when things begin to pile up. So what should computer users […]

Allow or Prevent themes from changing Desktop icons in Windows 10

The Windows operating system offers you great liberty in customizing its user interface. Users like to change themes, windows colors, icons, mouse pointers, desktop wallpapers and even tweak the Windows Registry or hack system files to give it and its […]

Windows Slideshow for desktop background not working

If you find that your Windows desktop slideshow feature in Windows 10/8/7, which used to work fine, does not work anymore, you may want to check out this article. You may even receive an error message An error is preventing […]

Moo0 Multi-Desktop: Multiple Desktop Manager for 4 Virtual Desktops

The need for virtual desktop arises when a lot is going on your computer. You do not want different windows to cram up the space on your taskbar and system tray. Though there are many virtual desktop assistants in the […]

Top 3 free Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows 10/8/7

Virtual Desktop Manager is a tool that helps user to distribute and organize the work load on a computer. These programs allow users, to manage the virtual space of a computer – it acts like a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to […]

Remove Homegroup icon appearing suddenly on Windows desktop

Has it happened to you on your Windows 8.1/8 or Windows 10, that you restart your computer and find that the Homegroup icon has suddenly appeared on your desktop? It has happened to me several times, and I was wondering […]

Resize Desktop icons or Change Explorer View type quickly in Windows 10/8/7

The list of Windows shortcuts is long! It never seems to end. Whenever you feel you know all the Windows shortcuts, another just comes along to prove the notion wrong. Here’s another quick tip that will help you quickly resize explorer […]

Create Program Compatibility Troubleshooter desktop shortcut

Programs or applications designed for earlier versions of Windows may also work in higher versions of Windows, but some may run poorly or not at all. As a last resort, one can try running the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter to simulate the behavior […]