Show Icons In Windows 10
I’ve received several questions about how to make icons show on the desktop in Windows 10. Let’s take a look at how it’s done.
Say your desktop looks like this. Well, not precisely like this, since you probably don’t have this photo I took at the Toronto Aquarium’s coral reef exhibit as your background (I like fish!). But it’s a blank desktop with nary an icon in sight.
Some folks like this look. You hit the start menu to find any app or program that you wish to open and your desktop view is always pristine. But some of you like to see your icons right there where you can click on them immediately. Right-click on a blank area of that desktop. Choose View from the menu.
Then choose Show desktop icons.
Notice that you also have options for the size of the icons and whether or not they are arranged in a grid pattern. This is also where you choose if you want Windows to auto-arrange them or you’d like to do it manually.
Just under the View option when you right-click, you’ll also see the Sort by option. This lets you sort items on your desktop by Name, Size, Type or Date Modified.
