Differentiate, 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 No 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 changes are still in the system default or the fixed icons provided by the system. This kind of modification will make us feel unintelligible, so let's put the desktop icon in the end to create a complete Your own desktop.

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 if you want to create your own desktop icons, we need at least some of them to prepare. Icon 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, the image size is 128×128. 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 is .ico format

▲Website download .ico format image

Modify Win8 desktop icon

Let me talk about some basic modification methods. After all, after installing Win8 system, we can see 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 "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 desktop There are no clear and refreshing, other files don't say, just say the common icons in the system desktop, "computer", "network", "recycle bin". 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 “Change desktop icon” on the left and click Open.

▲The menu pops up from the right mouse button on the desktop, select Personalize

▲Click “Change Desktop Icon”

In the dialog box below Is the desktop icon option we need, check which one will be displayed on the desktop.

▲Select the desktop icon

For example, to modify the icon of "Computer", look at the above picture, click "Change Icon".

▲Select a favorite icon here and confirm

After we can modify the network, recycle bin, etc., but obviously the icons provided by these systems are not personalized enough, really replace After you go up, just look at the icons, maybe you can't recognize them. Therefore, it is necessary to change it completely and be exclusive to yourself!

Make Win8 desktop icons more personalized

Of course, we will not be satisfied with the icons that come with the system, so you need to set your own desktop icons! 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 can set it as our own icon by "Browse"!

Remember the .ico icon we prepared above? Remember where they are kept? Click "Browse" to 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 Go to the desktop and see if your system desktop icon is unique and unique.

▲Personalized desktop icon

This method is not only for Windows 8 system, XP, Windows 7 can also be modified, but some dialog boxes are slightly set. Different, but everyone can make a difference, it is not difficult to make the desktop unique and super-personalized!