Adding desktop shortcuts to "My Computer" on Windows 2008 Server

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DrStalker picture DrStalker · Nov 14, 2008 · Viewed 33.7k times · Source

Now that I've finnaly moved to doing some development/support work for Windows 2008 I find myself annoyed by the lack of one feature I just can't enable: the desktop shortcut to "My Computer" I've grown used to. I know how to enable this on XP and 2003, but I just can't find the setting on 2008.

How can a user configure which desktop icons (My Computer, My Documents, Recycling Bin etc) on Windows 2008 Server?

Answer

hearn picture hearn · Nov 14, 2008

Right click on the Computer menu item on the start menu, and select 'Show on Desktop' from the context menu that pops up.

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