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How to Show “My Computer” (This PC) in Windows 10/8.1/7 Desktop

If you are searching for the “My Computer” icon in Windows 10 desktop, then this guide shows the simple steps to add “This PC” shortcut on the desktop. “My Computer” (in earlier Windows Operating Systems), called as “This PC” is one of the favorites and useful icon for all Windows users. You will not find it by default on a fresh installation of Windows 10. Follow the steps to display the missing “My Computer” (This PC) icon in the Windows 10 desktop, and Recycle Bin – another important icon on the desktop. We have covered the identical steps for Windows 8.1/7.

This is an essential icon to access the local drives, USB disks, CD/DVD drives, and other files. Definitely, you will be surprised by not seeing this most frequently used icon on Windows Operating Systems. Nothing to worry, it is hidden and we need to display the My Computer icon in Windows 10 desktop.

How to Display “My Computer” on Windows 10/8.1 Desktop- ‘This PC’

1) Right-click on the empty space of the desktop. Click on ‘Personalize’.

2) In Windows 10, it will take to the settings app. Click ‘Themes’ in the Personalization settings and ‘Go to desktop icon settings’ shown below.

In Windows 8.1, you will get the classic control panel to customize the icon set.

Tick the ‘Computer’ to show it on the desktop. Luckily the ‘Recycle Bin’ is already ticked, if you can’t see the Recycle Bin or it is missing from the Windows 10 desktop, this is the first place you have to check and enable it.

3) Now the ‘This PC’ or ‘My Computer’ icon would appear on the desktop.

To change This PC (Computer) name on Windows 10, you can follow this guide.

Pin My Computer Icon to Start Menu and Start List in Windows 10

As you know, start menu returned in Windows 10. By default, My Computer icon is not included in the start menu. You can follow the below method to pin it (This PC) icon to start menu and list.

4) Right-Click on the ‘This PC’ icon after you have enabled it to display on the desktop. Select Pin to Start List or Start.

So, this is what happens when you select ‘Start’ and ‘Start List’.

If you want to hide all icons from the desktop in Windows 10, here is the way.

Right Click on the empty space in desktop, select View and remove ‘Show desktop icons’ to hide all icons from the desktop. You can enable back to show all icons on the desktop again.

Hope this guide is helpful in displaying My Computer and Recycle Bin icons on Windows 10 Desktop and start list.

How to Get back the Missing Recycle Bin on Windows 7, Vista?

If you have a chance to see the Windows 7 desktop without Recycle Bin, how are you going to restore deleted items from recycle bin? Good question! We can restore missing recycle bin back to desktop easily in Windows 7 or later Operating Systems.

1) Right Click on the Desktop, go to personalize.

2) Click on Change Desktop icons option at the left side as shown below.

3) Add a tick in front of Recycle Bin in Desktop icons settings.

4) Press OK; now go back to Windows 7 desktop. You can see recycle bin in the desktop.

Dinesh

Dinesh is the founder of Sysprobs and written more than 400 articles. Enthusiast in Microsoft and cloud technologies with more than 15 years of IT experience.

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80 thoughts on “How to Show “My Computer” (This PC) in Windows 10/8.1/7 Desktop”

Still I cannot see my desktop icons. The screen showing is locked and unable to press right click. Desktop files are there in C drive but showing on screen. It is showing only quick links and useful tools.

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This is so great. This was the clearest instruction I have ever had for anything. And it was exactly as you said and now my “pc” is on the desk and as soon as I post this, I will tack it to the bottom. THANK YOU.

Worked for me. Thank you.

Suddenly ‘This PC’ disappeared. In the themes/desktop icon section, Computer is checked (along with Recycle Bin). I can check/uncheck all the other icons (including This PC). Apply shows/hides appropriate icons, except for the Computer icon. It refuses to appear on the desk top. BTW Win 10.

I have rebooted, checked/unchecked, etc. I can not get the computer icon to show on desktop. Am I heading into the registry to find issue? If so, where?

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I can’t seem to find my problem anywhere. I have a new Dell (almost one year old now) with the most recent update of Windows 10. Everything was fine until I noticed that when I clicked on the Document folder (This PC) it took me to a second Document folder and THEN it went to all my documents. Trying to make things better (one of the worst things I ever do) I moved all the documents up to the higher level Document folder. (Can’t remember what I did with the document folder I moved everything OUT of!) Later on I realized that the only things not getting backed up by my account with iDrive was the Documents (they’d previously been there and always got backed up before I moved them). So in order to get them backed up, they are now sitting in my User account but they are the only things not showing up in This PC. I am going crazy trying to figure this out. Can you help?

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Fix: Desktop icons not showing in Windows 10

• Icons are the de-facto way of accessing applications.
• Therefore, not being able to see your icons can be very troublesome.
• We have plenty of other troubleshooting articles like this one in our dedicated System Errors Hub.
• For more guidance on PC-related issues, visit our website’s Windows 10 Errors page.

Windows 10 might be a brand new operating system, and it might have gotten above the design flaws that Windows 8 brought with it – it is not a perfect operating system, and it still has to carry the burden of all the issues Windows has accumulated over the past decades.

This problem is not common to Windows 10, so some solutions made for previous versions of Windows might or might not work – however today we are going to show you some solutions for Windows 10 specifically.

What to do if Desktop icons stop showing in Windows 10

1. Run explorer.exe

But first here is a temporary patch rather than a solution, it should get your icons back but it’s not going to permanently fix the reason causing them to disappear. Here it goes:

1. On your keyboard, press Control + Alt + Delete keys and then click on Task Manager.
2. Open the Process tab and locate explorer.exe, then click on it and then click the End task button on the bottom.
3. In the Task Manager, click on File at the top left and click Run new task.
4. Type “explorer.exe” in the box, and then proceed to click OK.

Your icons and taskbar should now pop back up, and you should be able to operate your computer for the time being.

For a more permanent solution, we first need to learn some of the causes for this problem – it could be a corruption of Windows files, or maybe a malware you might have caught from the internet, or maybe even some random software that is behaving badly.

2. Maybe it is something you installed?

Try to remember what software you installed recently – it could be a photo editor or even a brand new antivirus – anything can cause this absurd issue. If you match this criterion you must try and uninstall this software and see if that fixes the problem.

You could also run a full PC virus scan with the AntiVirus you have installed while you are at it, just in case, it is a malware.

One last option you could try would be doing a System Restore – this basically turns the clock back on your PC and restore your primary Windows files back to how they were when the given restore point was created. To do this, simply follow these instructions:

1. Open your Start Menu and type rstrui.exe, then open the first result – this should open the Windows System Restore utility.
   
2. Now follow the onscreen instructions until you see a page with all of your existing restore points.
3. Pick the restore point on or before the date you started facing the issue – and then start the restoration process.
4. Once done, restart your computer.

3. Disable the tablet mode

1. Open Settings > System and choose Tablet mode from the left.
2. Now locate the Make Windows more touch-friendly when using your device as a tablet and set it to off.
3. Your desktop icons should now appear. If that doesn’t work, try turning on and off Tablet mode a few times.

4. Disable the second monitor

If you’ve used a dual monitor setup before, it’s possible that Desktop icons are set to appear on the second monitor. So, make sure to disable the second monitor if you’re not using it, and the icons may appear.

5. Make sure the Show Desktop icons feature is enabled

Although it may sound banal, it’s quite possible you overlooked this. So, just to be sure, check if your Desktop icons are set to appear once again. Here’s how to do that:

1. Right-click on the empty area on your desktop.
2. Choose View and you should see the Show Desktop icons option.
3. Try checking and unchecking Show Desktop icons option a few times but remember to leave this option checked.

6. Turn off Start Full Screen

Some users also reported that using the Start Menu in the Full-Screen mode can somehow hide the Desktop icons.

So, if nothing from above resolved the problem, let’s try turning off the Start Menu Full-screen mode, as well. To turn off this option, go to Settings > Personalization > Start > toggle off Use Start full screen.

7. Rebuild icon cache

One of the most common tweaks when resolving the missing icons problem is rebuilding the icons cache. So, we’re going to try that, as well. Here’s how to rebuild the icons cache in Windows 10:

1. Go to Start > type file explorer > double click on the first result
2. In the new File Explorer window, go to View and check Hidden Items in order to display hidden files and folders
3. Navigate to C:\Users(User Name)AppDataLocal > scroll all the way down
4. Right-click on IconCache.db > click on Delete >Yes.
5. Go to Recycle Bin > empty it
6. Restart your computer.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in September 2018 and has been since revamped and updated in July 2020 for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.

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How to Change the Icon Size in Windows 10

Wish the desktop icons in Windows 10 were bigger so you could stop squinting at them or they’d be easier to tap on a touch screen laptop? Or do you wish they were smaller so the shortcuts didn’t take up as much space on your laptop’s screen? Not to worry, we have a list of short steps on how to change the icon size in Windows 10.

How to Change the Size of Desktop Icons in Windows 10

1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop.

2. Select View from the contextual menu.

3. Select either Large icons, Medium icons, or Small icons. The default is medium icons.

On my laptop with a native 1600 by 900 pixels display, the large option looks huge, the small size is too small, and the medium size looks just right (as Goldilocks would say). Your mileage might vary depending on your screen’s display resolution. Changing the size of the icons on the desktop doesn’t affect the size of the icons elsewhere in Windows 10, but there are ways you can change those too.

How to Change the Size of the Taskbar Icons

If you want to change the size of the icons in your taskbar, there’s a different setting for that, which will also change the size of text, apps, and other items across Windows 10.

1. Right-click on an empty space on the desktop.

2. Select Display settings from the contextual menu.

3. Move the slider under «Change the size of text, apps, and other items» to 100%, 125%, 150%, or 175%.

4. Hit Apply at the bottom of the settings window. Windows might ask you to log out and log back in for a more consistent experience.

This will not only make the icons in the taskbar a bit larger, but it will also make text bigger in apps like Microsoft Edge and Calendar, as well as in Windows 10 notification windows.

How to Change the Size of Icons in File Explorer

If you’d like larger or smaller icons or thumbnails in particular folders, you can change those on the fly in File Explorer.

Just head to your folder location and use your mouse’s scroll wheel to zoom in or out, effectively switching the view between Windows 10’s large icons, medium icons, small icons, list, details, tiles, and content views.

Although File Explorer will remember your last setting when you open this folder again, this is a folder-specific setting, so you’ll have to adjust each folder you’d want different icon and text sizes for.

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