The My Computer folder can be accessed in three different places on the computer and does exactly the same thing in all three places. You can find the My Computer folder on the computer's desktop, on ...

The New York Times tech Q&A covers how to change the icons Windows XP and Vista use on the desktop and for folders: One way to change the standard Windows desktop icons (like the Recycle Bin) is by ...

When you spend hours at your computer every day, the slightest unexpected change on your desktop can throw you off balance. The blue highlighting of desktop icons can happen accidentally in Windows XP ...

It is handy to be able to just look up at the My Computer icon and see where you are and what name you are using. >Last month, we created a script that used Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to ...

Q: I don’t know how, but my files suddenly lost their Microsoft icons and now display an Internet Explorer logo. When I try to open the files, I get a window that says, “View downloads — Internet ...

Fed up with changes in the arrangement of your desktop icons after every change in screen resolutions? The solution to this frustrating problem is DesktopOK. DesktopOK is a free desktop icon layout ...

Windows: One of my pet peeves in Windows is when I update my graphics drivers or launch a new game and the screen resolution changes unexpectedly, moving all of my desktop icons into one corner. Icon ...

You may think you know Windows. But Windows XP is a bigger leap from previous versions of the operating system than any of its predecessors. There are many new ...

After I terminal into my machine remotely and disconnect my desktop icons get renamed to the defaults.<P>Ex: "Network" -> "My Network Places".<P>Anyone know of a fix?<P>[EDIT] Forgot to mention I am ...