Windows 10 And 8.1 Desktop And Interface Customization - Personalize The Main Desktop Items

The Windows Desktop is quite nice out of the box, however personalizing it does make us like the computer more. We can customize and change icons, sounds, mouse pointers, themes and the way the desktop looks etc. This video uses a lot of the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Snap-ins to perform the above.

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Hello today were can I have a quick look at how to customise our desktop what can we do to make a little bit more the way we like it okay what the simple things as some people love to have icons of the filled up all the way some people might like to remove them okay very simple disco right click over there click on view show desktop iter icons instantly gone the case are basically you could remove all your icons in the maker clutter free to subnet the screen okay that's bringing him back okay another thing is the drop shadow little shadow around icon that makes it stand a little bit from the background okay you may want get it icates are basically how you doing anything on the screen very simple you can go to Control Panel or you can just arrogance SYS REM.CPL open that up that brings this go to advanced performances visual effects okay and then click on use drop shadow fry corns labels on the desktop okay then click okay click okay you need to restart and then the shadow is a little bit clearer background, shadow like this and okay now there are some system icons that you might want over here okay that's quite straightforward to add all you need to do is right click on the desktop personalise and then you can go to basically change desktop items icons pops okay now some people might like to add on their system icons okay and hardly get to their very using the just right click, there click on personalise that brings this up to the inside incorrect than what's your desktop icons settings okay that we are okay now if you are not have my computer on their you my one have a network of Arabic Control Panel okay detained icons for them I will allow Dean to change desktop desktop items might have certain teams that have the way the designers click on apply suddenly get all these extra things up there okay so that's one thing to do you may want to rearrange a desktop basically can click sort by name size item type a modified okay click my name against their and their refresh sometimes you might need he's edged sword by for example in this type item type all those colour concepts okay depending on how you would organise now we have these desktop items my one-hour change the size of them right click over there okay and there basically click view and then choose the kind of size you want to be one large icons will you might want medium small iter icons okay and align icons to the grid okay otherwise you could have them going off okay different little positions okay our little recycle bin every year okay we might want given a new name okay dates up to us quite easy just click without given a new name arm that's a garbage or trash is entirely up to you what you want, here we get nice and simple and straightforward okay certainly icons you can change them okay for example you might have had a sticky note in notepad over there as an icon how can we do that other show you this PC to see in windows you'll find notepad today there we go right click on that great shortcut but how you do it is one place over here because that's a restricted area several years shortcut okay now if you are a change for example the icon where looks like you might have your own icon that you created or created from an online website or software et cetera you can change it okay JK the bare minimum okay you basically want to go to percentage system group percentage and their next\and their it system32 system32 and the\then shall 32.dll again this one has a lot of icons within it open and there you go you could choose their kinds the basic system icons okay for example scissors or something that looks like a notepad there we go click okay and then that stamp allow you my one and the civil sticky note however that is quite simple all you need to do is a sticky sticky sticky notes opposite up that critical sticky notes every year you could pin a to the taskbar keeper on the task always whenever it opens up you can always increase the size that puts okay you can write if you ever plan okay and you can type depending on how using okay that's quite simple if you are touchscreen feasible on a tablet you can just bring a fingerprint or magazine go to tablet mode okay you might be wondering how best test our background keeps changing as they see a theme okay which we can happily download from anywhere you could use the new project Spartan okay and then in Google or in being displayed their Microsoft themes okay relevant is also lots of other free places okay places that may one use to the theme for

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Closed Caption:

hello today we're going to have a quick
look at how to customize our desktop
what can we do to make it a little bit
more the way we like it
okay what are the simple things is some
people love to have icons over here
filled up all the way some people might
like to remove them
ok very simple just go right click over
there click on View show desktop I two
icons instantly gone
ok so basically you could remove all
your icons and make it better for you
just looking at the screen
okay let's bring him back
ok
another thing is the drop shadow little
shadow around the icon that makes it
stand out a little bit from the
background
ok you might want to get it ok so
basically how you do it you need to get
the screen very simple you can go
through control panel or you can just
type in sys at $TIME p.m. . CPL ok open
up that brings this go to advanced
performances visual effects
ok and then click on use drop shadow up
by God's labels on the desktop
ok then click ok click OK you need to
restart and the shadow becomes a little
bit he ever like a background gonna
shout out like this
ok now some people might like to add on
their system icons okay and how do we
get to their very easy we just
right-click over there
click on personalized that brings this
up there a theme side and then go to
advanced whoops your desktop
five on second settings ok for that here
we are
ok now if you want to have my computer
on there you might want to have the
network user files at the control panel
ok you can change icons for them i'll
allow the interchange desktop desktop
items you might have certain themes that
have the way the designers can click on
apply suddenly get all these extra
things over there
ok so that's one thing to do you may
want to rearrange your desktop basically
you can click sort by name
sighs itemtype they've modified ok take
my name is that goes there and then
refresh sometimes you might need to use
it
sort by for example in this type item
type all those kind of concepts ok but
now we have these desktop items we might
wanna change the size of them right
click over there okay and basically
click view and then choose the kind of
sizing 12 we want large icons you might
want medium small light
icons ok and align icons to the grid
okay otherwise you could have been going
off
ok in different positions ok a little
recycle bin over here
ok we might want to give it a new name
okay it's off to us quite easy just
click over there give it a new name
I let's say garbage or trash is entirely
up to you what you wanna call it there
we get nice and simple and
straightforward
ok certain like ons you can change them
ok for example you might have had a
sticky notes or notepad over there as an
icon
how can we do that i'll show you this pc
not going to see in windows you'll find
notepad
okay there we go right click on that for
a shortcut that's how you do it doesn't
want to place it over here because
that's a restricted area
send it over here shortcut ok now if you
want to change for example the icon what
it looks like you might have your own
icon that you've created or clean from
an online website or software packages
etc you can change it
ok taking the bare minimum
ok you basically want to go to
percentage system route percentage and
then it's back / and it's system32
system32 and it's backslash and then
shell32.dll ok this one has a lot of
icons within it
click open and there you get you could
choose and he kind of the basic system
icons okay for example scissors or
something that looks like a notepad get
there we can click OK and then that's
done now you might want to add this
little sticky note samba that's quite
simple all you need to do is get a
sticky sticky sticky notes opens it up
that creates a little sticky notes over
here you could pin it to the taskbar
keep it on the taskbar always so
whenever it opens up you can always
increase the size of that works ok you
can write if you have a plan okay and
you can type depending on how you're
using it
ok that's quite simple if you have a
touch screen for example on a tablet you
can just bring your finger over it
automatically go to tablet mode
okay you might be wondering how this
desktop background is changing it's
basically a theme
ok which we can happily download from
anywhere you could use the new project
Spartan ok
an indigo or in being just type it micro
soft themes ok right over there there's
also lots of other three places or
places that you might want to use choose
a dream for example anything that you
like that looks quite nice speech
panoramic downloaded ok download theme
ok what it downloaded you just basically
open it
ok I little basically unpack and set it
all up once it comes to the screen
automatically goes into that you might
have other themes that you downloaded ok
you can choose those we now bring this
done
see we've got a different background and
this will keep changing every few
minutes you can also advanced onwards
ok beautiful concept
ok now you might want to modify the
system sounds okay for example when you
click on something that's an error or
for example other issues or when windows
starts up so basically for that it's
mm sys . CEO okay over here go to sounds
and then basically the windows sounds
when you close a program you could
create a sound okay well basically your
battery has an issue you have that ok
the default sounds you can change all of
them basically all you need to do is for
example when a menu pop-up ok opens
basically play with the sands I can
browse the sound for that one
ok you might have a jet airwave file
somewhere on your computer
ok sounds you could choose some of the
Milton ones
ok windows notify for example and then
test on that how the sound is like a
you'll be able to hear it okay and then
that's how you said sounds for actions
events that happen on windows
ok sounds keep you can change your sound
ski ok the windows default seashore and
you can create your own and then save it
you might not like the standard cursor
that were using over here so you might
want to create your own or two is one of
the crisis the courses that are
available
ok very simple for that all you need to
do is type in maine . c dl ok and we
have our mouse over here
ok you can choose different pointers
okay whatever works well with you you
know if you're using a tablet and a pen
you might want to go for that ok you
might want to have a little shadow
ok basically you can customize what
happens with the wheel at any hardware
issues on it
ok different pointer options
ok basically how fast or how slow the
pointer moves you want to make a little
faster or slower
ok you might want to have a little trail
some people like it some people think
it's a little bit of mine okay
hi pointer while typing okay for example
here in notepad forward etc and you're
typing away you might want to hide the
pointer
ok show location of point where like
press the ctrl key you might want to use
that as well
ok click apply
and then let's just go back there we
have a little mouse trial
ok and over here that's also that quite
a nice little system
ok you can fit around a few other
options in there for you to play with
your mouse okay some people light want
to increase the size of their apps for
example the desktop apps the way things
are shown
ok very simple for that what we need to
do is go to display settings
ok and that you can choose the size of
text apps and other items ok we're going
to 125 over here
ok hundred percent as you can see things
become a little bit smaller
ok you could go to 125 keep that up 125
click apply
ok you will need to sign out and sign
back in for some things to take effect
you might want to play around with the
Explorer settings
ok how its displayed over here ok you
can choose different views that you can
have details which is quite good if you
have quite a lot of them and you just
want to have the date modified time type
size name except you know you can also
have show hidden items
ok philex
tensions okay for example you might have
a file that is like something dxc or
something that PDF you might want to
change extensions for whatever reason
okay hopefully this has helped thanks
for watching