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Why I purge every icon from my desktop, including the taskbar
No, I don't want the installer to place an icon on my desktop.
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I stopped using desktop icons on Windows, and you should too
Get rid of the visual clutter.
You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...
While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.
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