While the option to bring these legacy icons back isn’t as simple as it was on previous versions of Windows, you can restore them using the Desktop Icon Settings menu. You can also customize the appearance of these icons to make them fit in with your chosen Windows 11 theme. If you want to make these classic desktop icons visible on your Windows 11 desktop, you’ll need to follow these steps.

How to Get Legacy Desktop Icons Back on Windows 11

To bring back the legacy desktop icons on Windows 11, follow these steps:

How to Customize Legacy Desktop Icons on Windows 11

Legacy icons, such as the Network and This PC icons, haven’t changed too much. If you want to change how they appear, however, you can customize them by changing your Windows 11 theme settings. To change the look of the legacy desktop icons on Windows 11:

Customizing Your Windows 11 PC

The steps above should help you to restore legacy desktop icons on your Windows 11 PC (if you care about that sort of thing). If you’re not on Windows 11 yet, you can also add classic desktop icons on Windows 10. There are other ways you can customize the appearance of your PC, however. For instance, if you’re getting eye strain, you could enable dark mode. You could also customize your taskbar by displaying all taskbar corner overflow icons. Comment Name * Email *

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