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Your desktop icons may be hidden. To view them, right-click the desktop, select View, and then select Show desktop icons. To add icons to your desktop such as This PC, Recycle Bin and more:
Select the Start button, and then select Settings > Personalization > Themes.
Under Themes > Related Settings, select Desktop icon settings.
Choose the icons you would like to have on your desktop, then select Apply and OK
Just click right on the desktop ..and select desktop , than select on the down page the customize desktop and select web (the one in the right ) .. If you see a web page checked in the tab .. remove it ..and the important thing ..remove the check mark for the lock desktop items cause this is the one responsible for that color present under the icons..and click apply ..and OK ..restart and repeat the action if it seam not willing to do that ..or select windows XP theme again ..and this way probably will default it ..but the way to remove it to unlock the desktop items ..
Might be someone's prank or you could have mistakenly unhide your desktop icon.. You can try unhiding the Desktop icons.
Right click on Desktop, Go to "Arrange icons by" and check mark/click on "Show desktop icons"
If this doesnt help, might be someone deleted/moved your desktop items and uncheck options from customized desktop. Or finally some softwares to unhide desktop icons.( if prank) check your add remove programs
Right click on desktop and click on properties, below windows will open uup-> go to "Desktop", below click on "Customized",-> and select options you want to see on desktop
If you have installed any softwares recently it might slow down the pc as many softwares will install a startup file in order to start faster. You can shut these programs from starting up when the pc starts. I put 2 steps to resolve this in order of simplicity.
Remove icons from the Startup folder Some programs open with a shortcut icon in the startup folder (Startup icons). Use the following steps to show any startup icons that might be hidden and remove startup icons from the startup folder: NOTE:Removing items from the Startup folder does not uninstall the software program. 1.Right-click the Start button, and click Explore . The Windows Explorer window displays with Start Menu already selected. 2.Click the plus sign ( + ) next to Programs . 3.Click Startup . The shortcut icons are listed in the right pane of the window. 4.To show any hidden icons, click Tools , click Folder Options , and click the View tab. 5.Click Show hidden files and folders (Windows XP/ME) or Show all files (Windows 98), and click OK . 6.Click an unwanted startup item in the right pane of the window and drag it to a blank area on the Windows desktop. Release the mouse button to drop the icon onto the desktop. 7.Continue dragging unwanted icons until all unwanted startup icons are on the desktop. Click Yes to any window that display asking to confirm the removal of a read-only file. 8.Close Windows Explorer and restart the computer for the changes to take effect. Delete the startup icons that were moved to the desktop after you are satisfied with the way the software programs are working. If you find that a particular software program should not have been removed from the Startup folder, double-click the startup menu item to open the Startup window. Then drag the icon from the desktop back into the Startup window.
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