The small pictures on the Desktop are called as `ICONS`.
Right click on desktop go to 'view' option and there you will see 'show desktop icons', select that and icons should appear.
Right click on Desktop, Click on Arrange ICON by, Then click on Show Desktop icons, CLOSE. By MURALI RAO(NAGPUR)
In the Windows operating system, desktop icons are shortcuts to programs that you can execute. To find out the program associated with an icon, right click on the icon and select Properties in the menu. In the dialog that pops up check the Location field.
Why would you want to do that. just right click and go to arange icons by and then go to show desktop icons uncheck that dektop icond will hide
It's something called "Desktop Cleanup", and it's moved your unused icons into a special unused icons folder. You have to find the desktop options and turn it off.
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.
The recycle bin icon is typically located on your desktop in the upper left hand corner or lower right hand corner of the screen. If the icon is missing from your desktop, it can easily be recreated by going to Control Panel > Personalize > Change Desktop Icons and selecting the icons you wish to have on your desktop.
The icons of Linux Mint are located in the folder /usr/share/icons/Mint-X You can use that path, e.g., to change the icon of the desktop launchers, like this: + Right click on the desktop launcher icon. + Click on "Properties". + Click on the icon. + Paste on the Place box the text /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/ and press Enter. + Navigate the folders to find the icon you like. + Press Enter. + Click on Close. In /usr/share/icons there are more icons, most of them inside other folders: gnome, ...
You right click on the icon, then click delete, then click Yes
This generally happens when you click twice on the name of the icon.
A person can change the color of selected Icons on the desktop of the computer by right clicking on the Icon. After right clicking, choose "Rename".