How accessing Desktop can mean a lot. You may want to minimize everything and go to the desktop or it could be the desktop, which is missing the icons or maybe the desktop has completely disappeared. In this article, we answer these types of questions so that you can access Desktop on Windows as it was before.
How to access the desktop on a Windows 10 PC
In this article, we discuss several ways to access the Windows 10 desktop and also answer some common questions asked by some users when they encountered a problem with the Windows desktop:
- Use the keyboard shortcut
- Use the mouse to reveal the desktop and windows
- Windows desktop is missing
- Windows desktop icon is missing
- Recover the classic Windows desktop
- Add the Show desktop icon
- How to access the desktop in tablet mode
I’m sure if you’ve been using Windows for a while, most of them are known, but if you’re new, I’m sure you will find something new.
1]Use the keyboard shortcut
To minimize everything and view files and icons on the desktop, press Win + D. The only drawback to this method is that you will have to open all the windows one by one.
2]Use the mouse to display the desktop
Move your mouse cursor to the far right of the taskbar, then click. There is a small vertical bar called “Show office», Which, when clicked, minimizes all windows to access the desktop. When you click on it, it will restore the windows. You can also call it Aero Peek, which lets you take a look at the office.
3]Windows desktop is missing
If you can’t see the desktop and even the taskbar, you have to restart File Explorer.
- Use CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager
- Click File> Run
- Type Explorer and press the Enter key.
- It will restart File Explorer and restore both, the desktop and the taskbar.
After that, you can bring Desktop back to normal on Windows 10.
4]Windows desktop icon is missing
If you can go to your desktop and see the wallpaper, but can’t see the icons, then here’s what you need to do to bring them back.
- Right click on the desktop
- In the context menu, select Show desktop icons
If you had one or more icons on the desktop, it would show up. Otherwise, everything is normal.
5]How to recover the classic desktop on Windows
If you liked the way Windows 7 Desktop was organized, i.e. the trash, My Computer, network location icons, here’s what you can do to bring the desktop back to classic style.
- Open Windows 10 settings
- Go to Personalization> Themes
- Under Associated Settings, click on the desktop icon settings
- Select the icons you want to bring back and click the Apply button.
6]Add the Show desktop icon
Windows XP previously had a show desktop icon that performed the same action, which the Win + D keyboard shortcut does.
Create a new shortcut and, when asked for directions, add the following
%windir%explorer.exe shell:::{3080F90D-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257}Name it as Show office
Then change the shortcut icon using the shortcut properties
Do that, drag it to the taskbar and pin it.
The next time you click it, it will display Desktop. If you click on it again, it will open all minimized windows.
It works just like the taskbar method, but it’s easy to use.
7]How to access the desktop in tablet mode
When using tablet mode, the Start menu expands and hides the desktop at the back. In this case, if you want to access the office, here is what you should do.
There is no way to turn off the Start menu if you are in tablet mode. For example, to access the desktop, you can either create a Show Desktop icon in the taskbar, or open File Explorer and then access the desktop folder. So he won’t like the desktop, but he’ll be decent enough to access files open on the desktop.
I hope the guide was easy to follow.