{"id":557,"date":"2012-06-22T02:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=557"},"modified":"2012-06-22T02:37:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T02:37:34","slug":"how-to-show-my-computer-icon-on-windows-8-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-show-my-computer-icon-on-windows-8-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show My Computer Icon on Windows 8 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Windows 8 is having a new Metro UI desktop and the older version of desktop also, but My Computer icon is missing on it. In earlier Operating Systems like Windows 7 or Windows Vista you can go to start menu and select &#8216;Show on Desktop&#8217; option for My Computer. But, Windows 8 is missing the normal start menu also by default, so you don&#8217;t have option to select &#8216;Show on Desktop&#8217; anymore. Here is the simple way on how to show my computer on desktop in Windows 8.<\/p>\n<p>This will really make the life easy for accessing disk drives, computer management, device manager and properties in Windows 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Show My Computer Icon on Windows 8 Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the Desktop in Metro UI (as shown below). This will bring the normal old desktop.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-558\" title=\"desktop\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/desktop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/desktop.png 566w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/desktop-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Right Click on the blank space in desktop, select <strong>Personalize<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-559\" title=\"personaliz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/personaliz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"241\" \/><\/li>\n<li>In next screen Click on\u00a0<strong>Change desktop icons<\/strong>. Here you can select the icons wanted to display in Windows 8 desktop. Select the tick box for <strong>Computer<\/strong>. Control Panel and Network icons also can be displayed on Windows 8 desktop by this method.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-560\" title=\"control-panel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/control-panel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"571\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/control-panel.png 571w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/control-panel-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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