In Windows 7, 8, and 10, you can display the “My Computer” icon on the desktop by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting “Properties.” In Windows 7 and 8, you can also do this by pressing the left mouse button and selecting “Properties.” In Windows 10, you can do this by pressing the right mouse button and choosing “Desktop & ScreenTips.” In Windows 7 or 8, you can change how often the computer wakes up from sleep by changing the value of the “Wake OnLAN” property. In Windows 10, you cannot change this property. In Windows 7 or 8, if you have a graphics card that supports DirectX 11 or higher, you can set it to use that card instead of the integrated graphics in order to get a better performance for gaming or other activities that require high-bandwidth graphics. To do this in Windows 10, open an elevated command prompt (cmd) and type “dxupdate”. After running dxupdate, check to see if there is a new version available for your graphics card that has been released since your last update. If there is a new version available for your graphics card, install it using “netstat -a | grep ‘gpu’”. If there is no new version available for your graphics card after running dxupdate, then your graphics card may be unsupported and should be replaced with one that supports DirectX 11 or higher.
I don’t know about you, but I really preferred having the My Computer icon right on the desktop. Seems like modern versions of windows don’t have it by default anymore. There are two different ways you can add the icon back.
In Windows 10 the My Computer icon is called “This PC” and it’s pretty easy to add back. Keep reading for Windows 7, 8, and Vista instructions below.
Add the My Computer Icon to the Windows 10 Desktop
If you want to add Computer, Recycle Bin, Control Panel, or your User folder icon to the desktop in Windows 10, there’s an extra step you’ll need to know how to do. First, right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize.
Now select Themes on the left-hand menu, and then once you are there, you can select Desktop icon settings under the “Related Settings” section.
And now you can click the checkboxes for the icons that you want back.
You should see the icons show up as soon as you click Apply.
Note: you can rename This PC to My Computer by simply right-clicking and choosing Rename.
Add the My Computer Icon to the Desktop in Windows 7, 8, or Vista
Right-click on the desktop and choose Personalize, then click on “Change Desktop Icons” on the left-hand side of the screen.
In the Desktop Icons panel you can choose which of the built-in icons to show on the desktop:
One of the most common requests is how to add the Recycle bin back… which you can also do from the above panel.
Another Trick in Windows 7 or Vista
To put the Computer icon on the desktop, click the Start button, and then right-click on “Computer”.
Click the “Show on Desktop” item in the menu, and your Computer icon will show up on the desktop.
