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Show This PC (My Computer) Icon Shortcut on Desktop in Windows 11

November 22, 2021 by Peter Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for the “My Computer” or “This PC” icon Shortcut on the Windows 11 desktop, you won’t be able to find it unless you manually add it. For some users, it’s a very useful feature, but they don’t know how to manually add the This PC icon to the Windows 11 desktop. In this post, we will show you step by step how you can add the “My computer” or This PC icon to the Windows 11 desktop.

Steps to show My Computer or This PC icon to the desktop of Windows 11

First of all, head over to the desktop of your Windows 11, then right-click on it and then select Personalization.

select Personalization

This will open the Personalization section in Settings. Now click on Themes, and then click on Desktop icon settings. 

Themes settings

This will open a new window, now select “Computer” from the checkboxes. Now click on OK and Apply. You can close all the Windows now. Restart your Windows PC once (not mandatory). Now check whether the “This PC” icon is showing on your Windows 11 desktop or not.

This PC icon is showing

You can now use the application on the go at any time. This will save your time because this is a necessary icon for accessing local drives, USB discs, CD/DVD drives, and other files. This was a quick process, and we hope it was beneficial to you.

Thanks for sticking with us all the way end to the post. What do you think about the PC icon and do you really use it for your own purpose? Do let us know by dropping a comment in your words down below.

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