Sure, if web page not already there, right click, create shortcut & save to 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.
In what ways do desktop icons help make the computer easier for you to use?
In what ways do desktop icons help make the computer easier for you to use?
A desktop icon is a symbol with text under it that is displayed on the desktop. The desktop is what is displayed when you log in on most operating systems. Common desktop icons are "My Computer" "Recycle Bin" "My documents" shortcuts to programs that are installed. By double clicking on an icon you can open the folder or program related to it. Desktop icons are the most commonly recognized icons by most people. They are used to convey purpose of an available function on a computer. On a very graphic oriented Windows environment such as Windows XP the common desktop icons you might see are "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", and various file folders with labels. Other operating systems such as Macintosh, and Linux desktop environments like KDE also use desktop icons in much the same way but the extension, resource or file name suffix differ. Generally icons from one operating system would need to be converted to work on a different OS.
there's an app called cocoppa which you can use to customize app icons.
To remove unused items from the desktop in Windows, a user can use the Desktop Cleanup Wizard, located in Control Panel > Appearances and Themes > Display.
By default all the icons are are displayed on desktop but you can hide them. You can use desktop context menu to hide or show, right click on desktop, go to 'view' options and uncheck 'show desktop options'. To make them visible again simply check the 'show desktop options'. You can also use .reg file for showing or hiding. Show: 'Show_Desktop_Icons.reg Hide: 'Hide_Desktop_Icons.reg'
1) You could have accidentially changed some accebility setttings or 2) You might have changed a setting by mistake. If you have windows vista... -For desktop icons right click on your desktop, goto "view" and select the size of the icons you want. -For your start menu right click on your task bar and goto "properties". Click on the "Start Menu" Tab and select "Customize" For "start menu" scroll down to the bottom of the list and uncheck "Use large icons" For "classic start menu" Scroll down to the second to last item and check "Use small icons in start menu" -For anything else, just reset your theme. (Right click on your desktop and select "personalize" Then click on "theme" Select the one you want and hit ok)
Desktop icons are created just by using the operating system itself or with the help of parallels. Parallels creates desktop icons for windows operating system on computers that don't normally run windows including macs. Other softwares include crossover and image-editing softwares.
If they're shortcuts, the arrow is part of the shortcut. You can't remove it. But you can use the Change Icons feature to select a different icon for the function or location.
To change the size of the icons on a Mac's Desktop you simply Right Click on the Desktop and select Show View Options from the menu that appears. You can then move the slider to change the icon size.