Creating A Custom Desktop in Windows 10

 

Hello! Today’s blog post is going to illustrate how you can edit desktop icon in the Windows 10 Home Environment using a desktop. Make sure it is a desktop, I’m not certain how well this would transfer over to a smartphone or tablet, though feel free to email me if you need help.

So, if you’re interested in learned how to create a customize desktop like the one below, just follow these 10 easy steps or if you’re better at following along, check out the video below! Once you finish if you don’t like any of the built in Windows Icons, you can visit this link for thousands of free icons to customize your desktop!

1. Minimize all your applications using Window + D.
2. Create, a directory-folder on your desktop, by first right-clicking a blank area.
3. Scroll down, in the panel tray to the ‘new’ tab, follow the arrow >. Then, mouse up, to ‘folder’.

// The system will place a new blank folder onto your desktop. Now we need to customize it!

4. Right-click, the folder you created in steps (1-3).
5. Scroll down, again we’re in the panel tray – to the tab that say ‘properties’.

// The system will open a new window for you called ‘New Folder Properties’.

6. Move, over to the ‘Customize’ tab.
7. Look, for a section called ‘Folder Icons’.
8. Press, the ‘Change Icon…’ button.
9. Pick your favorite icon and you’ll end up with something other than a boring yellow folder!