If you are in tablet mode you may not be able to see your desktop icons properly.
My computer icon windows 7 home basic.
On settings click change desktop icons on the left menu.
For a complete rundown check out our guide to restoring missing desktop icons in windows 7 8 or 10.
Click the check boxes for any desktop icons you want to appear on the windows 7 desktop.
My computer icon is named as this pc in windows 10 but you can easily rename it back to my computer by simply right clicking the icon while it is on the desktop and renaming it.
You can find the program by searching for the program name in file explorer.
To turn off tablet mode select action center on the taskbar next to date and time and then select tablet mode to turn it on or off.
To delete any desktop icons right click it and.
Select which desktop icons you want and click ok.
Windows 8 and 10 don t show any of the desktop icons except for recycle bin and even windows 7 doesn t show them all.
In addition to the recycle bin icon you can add the following icons to your windows 7 desktop.
Right click on the desktop and choose personalize then click on change desktop icons on the left hand side of the screen.
But you can still change how these icons appear elsewhere on your system.
Display my computer icon on windows 7 8.
On the next screen desktop icon settings screen click within the little box next to computer to show this pc icon on your windows 10 desktop.
Provides one click access to the computer window which shows all the drives and components connected to your computer including drives that you ve.
On windows desktop right click on the desktop and select personalize.
My computer icon is now displayed on the desktop.