Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The Windows Desktop is quite nice out of the box, however personalizing it does make us like the computer more. We can customize and change icons, sounds, mouse pointers, themes and the way the desktop looks etc. This video uses a lot of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-ins to perform the above.
For more visit:
http://www.windows10.ninja
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Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors)
Hello today were can I have a quick look at how to customise our desktop what can we do to make a little bit more the way we like it okay what the simple things as some people love to have icons of the filled up all the way some people might like to remove them okay very simple disco right click over there click on view show desktop iter icons instantly gone the case are basically you could remove all your icons in the maker clutter free to subnet the screen okay that's bringing him back okay another thing is the drop shadow little shadow around icon that makes it stand a little bit from the background okay you may want get it icates are basically how you doing anything on the screen very simple you can go to Control Panel or you can just arrogance SYS REM.CPL open that up that brings this go to advanced performances visual effects okay and then click on use drop shadow fry corns labels on the desktop okay then click okay click okay you need to restart and then the shadow is a little bit clearer background, shadow like this and okay now there are some system icons that you might want over here okay that's quite straightforward to add all you need to do is right click on the desktop personalise and then you can go to basically change desktop items icons pops okay now some people might like to add on their system icons okay and hardly get to their very using the just right click, there click on personalise that brings this up to the inside incorrect than what's your desktop icons settings okay that we are okay now if you are not have my computer on their you my one have a network of Arabic Control Panel okay detained icons for them I will allow Dean to change desktop desktop items might have certain teams that have the way the designers click on apply suddenly get all these extra things up there okay so that's one thing to do you may want to rearrange a desktop basically can click sort by name size item type a modified okay click my name against their and their refresh sometimes you might need he's edged sword by for example in this type item type all those colour concepts okay depending on how you would organise now we have these desktop items my one-hour change the size of them right click over there okay and there basically click view and then choose the kind of size you want to be one large icons will you might want medium small iter icons okay and align icons to the grid okay otherwise you could have them going off okay different little positions okay our little recycle bin every year okay we might want given a new name okay dates up to us quite easy just click without given a new name arm that's a garbage or trash is entirely up to you what you want, here we get nice and simple and straightforward okay certainly icons you can change them okay for example you might have had a sticky note in notepad over there as an icon how can we do that other show you this PC to see in windows you'll find notepad today there we go right click on that great shortcut but how you do it is one place over here because that's a restricted area several years shortcut okay now if you are a change for example the icon where looks like you might have your own icon that you created or created from an online website or software et cetera you can change it okay JK the bare minimum okay you basically want to go to percentage system group percentage and their next\and their it system32 system32 and the\then shall 32.dll again this one has a lot of icons within it open and there you go you could choose their kinds the basic system icons okay for example scissors or something that looks like a notepad there we go click okay and then that stamp allow you my one and the civil sticky note however that is quite simple all you need to do is a sticky sticky sticky notes opposite up that critical sticky notes every year you could pin a to the taskbar keeper on the task always whenever it opens up you can always increase the size that puts okay you can write if you ever plan okay and you can type depending on how using okay that's quite simple if you are touchscreen feasible on a tablet you can just bring a fingerprint or magazine go to tablet mode okay you might be wondering how best test our background keeps changing as they see a theme okay which we can happily download from anywhere you could use the new project Spartan okay and then in Google or in being displayed their Microsoft themes okay relevant is also lots of other free places okay places that may one use to the theme for
The Windows Desktop is quite nice out of the box, however personalizing it does make us like the computer more. We can customize and change icons, sounds, mouse pointers, themes and the way the desktop looks etc. This video uses a lot of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-ins to perform the above.
For more visit:
http://www.windows10.ninja
2012r2.com
Transcript (machine generated so it contains errors)
Hello today were can I have a quick look at how to customise our desktop what can we do to make a little bit more the way we like it okay what the simple things as some people love to have icons of the filled up all the way some people might like to remove them okay very simple disco right click over there click on view show desktop iter icons instantly gone the case are basically you could remove all your icons in the maker clutter free to subnet the screen okay that's bringing him back okay another thing is the drop shadow little shadow around icon that makes it stand a little bit from the background okay you may want get it icates are basically how you doing anything on the screen very simple you can go to Control Panel or you can just arrogance SYS REM.CPL open that up that brings this go to advanced performances visual effects okay and then click on use drop shadow fry corns labels on the desktop okay then click okay click okay you need to restart and then the shadow is a little bit clearer background, shadow like this and okay now there are some system icons that you might want over here okay that's quite straightforward to add all you need to do is right click on the desktop personalise and then you can go to basically change desktop items icons pops okay now some people might like to add on their system icons okay and hardly get to their very using the just right click, there click on personalise that brings this up to the inside incorrect than what's your desktop icons settings okay that we are okay now if you are not have my computer on their you my one have a network of Arabic Control Panel okay detained icons for them I will allow Dean to change desktop desktop items might have certain teams that have the way the designers click on apply suddenly get all these extra things up there okay so that's one thing to do you may want to rearrange a desktop basically can click sort by name size item type a modified okay click my name against their and their refresh sometimes you might need he's edged sword by for example in this type item type all those colour concepts okay depending on how you would organise now we have these desktop items my one-hour change the size of them right click over there okay and there basically click view and then choose the kind of size you want to be one large icons will you might want medium small iter icons okay and align icons to the grid okay otherwise you could have them going off okay different little positions okay our little recycle bin every year okay we might want given a new name okay dates up to us quite easy just click without given a new name arm that's a garbage or trash is entirely up to you what you want, here we get nice and simple and straightforward okay certainly icons you can change them okay for example you might have had a sticky note in notepad over there as an icon how can we do that other show you this PC to see in windows you'll find notepad today there we go right click on that great shortcut but how you do it is one place over here because that's a restricted area several years shortcut okay now if you are a change for example the icon where looks like you might have your own icon that you created or created from an online website or software et cetera you can change it okay JK the bare minimum okay you basically want to go to percentage system group percentage and their next\and their it system32 system32 and the\then shall 32.dll again this one has a lot of icons within it open and there you go you could choose their kinds the basic system icons okay for example scissors or something that looks like a notepad there we go click okay and then that stamp allow you my one and the civil sticky note however that is quite simple all you need to do is a sticky sticky sticky notes opposite up that critical sticky notes every year you could pin a to the taskbar keeper on the task always whenever it opens up you can always increase the size that puts okay you can write if you ever plan okay and you can type depending on how using okay that's quite simple if you are touchscreen feasible on a tablet you can just bring a fingerprint or magazine go to tablet mode okay you might be wondering how best test our background keeps changing as they see a theme okay which we can happily download from anywhere you could use the new project Spartan okay and then in Google or in being displayed their Microsoft themes okay relevant is also lots of other free places okay places that may one use to the theme for
