Personalize your Win8 desktop icon

Windows desktop is the screen we have to face after starting the computer every day, computer, network, recycle bin, folder, these icons are familiar and can no longer be familiar with, how many years are not Change, I am afraid that I have already been tired of aesthetics. Is there any way to change these icons? The answer is yes, but perhaps most people's modifications still remain in the system default or those fixed icons provided by the system. On the contrary, it will make us feel unintelligible, so let us personalize the desktop icon to create a desktop that is completely your own.

In this article, we still use the latest Windows 8 system as an example to introduce the method of modifying the desktop icons. The steps are similar, but in order to create your own desktop icons, we need at least some icons that we like. Used to replace the system default icon.

A little bit of preparation

The format of the image must be .ico format, not our usual .jpg, or PNG format, image size 128 & times; 128. We can download images of this format on local computers through some websites, or have your favorite non-.ico format pictures, which can be converted to .ico format online through dedicated software or online.
▲Online conversion image for .ico format
▲Website download.ico format image

Modify Win8 desktop icon

Let me talk about some basic modification methods, after all, after installation After the Win8 system, we saw that there is only one icon on the desktop, which is very clean and very lonely. This makes many newcomers do not know how to open the "computer", etc., a little bit of a start.
▲Common desktop icons

Add or remove Win8 desktop icons

Some people like to put all the icons and files on the desktop, some people like the desktop is refreshing and cool. Other documents don't say, just say the common icons in the system desktop, & ldquo; computer & rdquo;, & ldquo; & nbsp; & nbsp; & ldquo; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; For most people, these icons are often used.

In the blank space of the desktop, right-click on the mouse and select “Personalize” from the pop-up menu. In the dialog box that opens, select “On the left side” and “Change the desktop icon”; click Open.
▲The right mouse button on the desktop pops up the menu, select Personalize
▲Click“Change desktop icon”

In the dialog box below, we need the desktop icon option, check Which one to choose will be displayed on the desktop.
▲Select desktop icon

For example, to modify the icon of "Computer", look at the image above, click “change icon”.
▲Select a favorite icon here to determine

After we can modify the network, recycle bin, etc., but obviously the icons provided by these systems are not personalized enough, just replace them, just look at the icons Maybe you can't recognize it. So, change it to be completely, and be yourself!

Make Win8 desktop icons more personalized

Of course, we won’t be satisfied with the icons that come with the system, so we need to set ourselves apart. The desktop icon! Still in the "Change Icon" dialog box, we see that the dialog box under "Find the icon in this file" is selectable, that is, we just go through “Browse” You can set it as your own icon!

Remember the .ico icons we prepared above? Remember where they are stored? Click “Browse”find the icon you like to confirm!
▲ Select your own desktop icon

Or follow the method we introduced above, modify the computer, file, network and recycle icon in turn, and determine the application, then return to the desktop to see your system Is the desktop icon unique and unique?
▲Personalized desktop icons

This method is not only for Windows 8 systems, XP, Windows 7 You can modify only some of the settings dialog box is slightly different, but we can learn by analogy, playing a unique super desktop personalization is not difficult!