You can change folder icons in Windows 11 by right-clicking and selecting "Properties" and "Customize." Desktop icons like the Recycle Bin are changed in the Settings under Personalization and Themes.

Today’s column isn’t very serious. I think it’s time we have a little fun.To understand what’s being discussed today, you’ll need to know what an icon is. Quite simply, an icon is a small picture on ...

Q: I don’t know how, but my files suddenly lost their Microsoft icons and now display an Internet Explorer logo. When I try to open the files, I get a window that says, “View downloads — Internet ...

You can change any icon on your Mac to suit your taste. Screenshot: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac A great way to personalize your computer is to change your Mac icons. New in macOS Tahoe, you can give ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...

We love the Moleskine notebook for its durability and versatility. Reader Joe Mansfield really loves his Moleskine, so he decided to create some free Moleskine icons using Google Sketchup to bring ...

The New York Times tech Q&A covers how to change the icons Windows XP and Vista use on the desktop and for folders: One way to change the standard Windows desktop icons (like the Recycle Bin) is by ...

If you want to customize your Windows XP desktop and add a new, interesting effect, you can make your desktop icons have a background color. You can use the advanced settings of the Appearance menu to ...

Fences 2 is well worth the money: It makes the desktop useful again. I have no icons on my desktop. I have two wide-screen monitors totaling almost 4,000 horizontal pixels, and not a single icon— ...

Your Galaxy S10 is an eye candy. Its display is amazingly stunning but more than that, it’s the software settings that stand out. There are a lot tweaks that you can do to make the look of your device ...

When you spend hours at your computer every day, the slightest unexpected change on your desktop can throw you off balance. The blue highlighting of desktop icons can happen accidentally in Windows XP ...