Windows 8 How To Series – Restore Familiar Desktop Icons

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Dick Buchanan

This is the third video in our new series on Windows 8.

Windows 8 removes the Start Button from the desktop. This means that shortcuts and icons will be back in vogue again.

The method to put icons on the desktop is basically the same as in Windows 7 but you might not have used it because it was so easy to go places with the Start button and the menus.

This video will refresh your memory on how to do this simple task.

Here is Video Number 3:

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About Dick Buchanan

I started working with computers some 25 years ago when my wife, Carol, and I purchased our first PC which was a Kaypro IV CP/M machine. This lead to studying computer science at Seattle Pacific University and becoming a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). During this time I have worked for The Boeing Company, IBM Global Services, and Microsoft. I currently own and operate a local computing services company called Byte Savvy located in Kalispell, MT
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