How to display "My Computer" icon on a Windows 10 desktop?

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Press WINDOWS+R

then type:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,Web,0

to open the Desktop Icons Settings and tick Computer

and even easier:

Press WINDOWS+I

click Personalization, Themes and Desktop icon settings

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Mezbah

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Mezbah over 1 year

I just installed Windows 10 on my PC, but I didn't find any way to set "My Computer" icon to show on my desktop. How can I place it on my desktop?
- Kinnectus over 8 years
  
  Is it not the same as Windows 8: Right click desktop -> personalise -> desktop icons?
q-codes over 7 years

@PeterHandorf is there some way to pin Computer and Recycling Bin to the top left when you have 'auto arrange icons' checked? Auto arrange keeps arranging things alphabetically.