While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.

All of the folders/files in my user profile folder have those little gold padlocks on them. Some of my desktop icons have them. I have no idea how this happened. I didn't change any settings. Perhaps ...

I'm using WinXP Pro. Under My Computer, I have the following:<BR>HDD C: (Named "Main")<BR>HDD (Named "Data")<BR>CD-RW E:<BR>CD F:<BR>A:<BR>and 4 Memory Card Readers ...

Are you wondering what those brown box icons in the bottom left corner of your files or folders are in Windows 11? If so, then this post will tell you what they are, what they indicate, and how to get ...