Although this feature cannot be found in earlier editions of Vista, in Vista build 5342, you can customise your desktop icons and change what you see. By default, after a clean installation, you will get the Recycle Bin, Internet Explorer and Feedback icons. However, it’s really easy to change what you see on your desktop.

1. Right click on the desktop and select Personalise.
2. In the left pane, click Change desktop icons. (Note, this doesn’t require UAP authentication as it’s a per user setting).
3. In the Desktop Icon Settings, you can select from seeing:

• Computer - used to be My Computer but lets you see all your drives connected to your computer
• User’s Files - basically “Documents” of which lets you see your files
• Recycle Bin - all your deleted files placed into storage until you decide what you want to keep and not to.
• Internet Explorer - the Windows based web browser
• Network - gives access to the Network Center and lets you change network settings
• Control Panel - desktop access to your computer’s settings

   4. If you change a specific icon, select it from the display and click Change Icon or to reset an icon click on Restore Default.
   5. Simply select each text box of which you want to see on your desktop, then click Apply then OK.