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Show the Computer icon on the Microsoft Windows Vista desktop.

This is how to add the Computer icon, formally My Computer, to your desktop.  I would rather find my data this way since I create folders in non-standard places.  It makes it easier for me to create proper backups.

 

• Single left-click on the Start button.

• Single right-click on Computer.

• Single left-click on Show on Desktop in the context menu that pops-up to check if it is not already.
  • Do not click if there is already a check in front of Show on Desktop. The context menu should look like the picture above.

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• This is what the Computer icon looks like.
  • Use it to access files stored on your computer via drive letters.