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A desktop icon is a symbol with text under it that is displayed on the desktop. The desktop is what is displayed when you log in on most operating systems. Common desktop icons are "My Computer" "Recycle Bin" "My documents" shortcuts to programs that are installed. By double clicking on an icon you can open the folder or program related to it.
Desktop icons are the most commonly recognized icons by most people. They are used to convey purpose of an available function on a computer. On a very graphic oriented Windows environment such as Windows XP the common desktop icons you might see are "My Computer", "Recycle Bin", and various file folders with labels.
Other operating systems such as Macintosh, and Linux desktop environments like KDE also use desktop icons in much the same way but the extension, resource or file name suffix differ. Generally icons from one operating system would need to be converted to work on a different OS.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoSomething on your Desktop that lets you double-click to launch the corresponding program.
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∙ 10y agoThere are several permanent desktop icons. The computer, my documents and recycle bin are the common ones. However, you can also customize other icons to make them permanent on your desktop.
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∙ 13y agoICON
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How do you get the icon Desktop for Windows xp?
right click on desktop and properties desktop customize desktop and select icon to view it on your desktop and click OK
How do you remove an icon from the desktop on a mac without putting the application in the trash?
When you remove an icon from the desktop on a Mac, you do not put the application in the trash only the desktop icon.
How do you keep a website icon when using Google Chrome instead of their icon on your desktop?
You cannot use the website icon on the desktop. You can always add the bookmarks, which are same as icon of page.
What is a desktop icon that points to a program you can execute?
You may be referring to a path or shortcut icon on the desktop that points to a specific file or program.
What is tiny picture on the desktop?
The small pictures on the Desktop are called as `ICONS`.
Which does an icon on the desktop signify?
Shortcuts
What is the difference in an icon on the desktop and a shortcut icon on the desktop?
In my perspective, I don't really think there is a difference. Icon is the little picture thingys you find out the desktop. When you click shortcut for something, it will appear the same as an icon on the desktop. So I don't really think there's a difference.
How do you create an icon on a laptop computer?
If you right click on your desktop and go down to new and click on shortcut then go to browse and find what you what for an icon in your screen, you click okay then next then finish you have the icon on your desktop.
What are the icon on desktop?
In the Windows operating system, desktop icons are shortcuts to programs that you can execute. To find out the program associated with an icon, right click on the icon and select Properties in the menu. In the dialog that pops up check the Location field.
How do you start a program from desktop?
double click the icon
What is printing icon?
A signal of printer display on the desktop
When you delete an icon from the desktop Windows XP places the item in the?
Recycle Bin. This should be shown on the Desktop.
