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How to Fix: My Computer icon Missing in Windows 10 (Desktop)

by Dennis Faas on September, 30 2016 at 01:09PM EDT

Infopackets Reader "Sue" writes: " Dear Dennis, I've recently upgraded to Windows 10 and now the 'My Computer' icon is missing from my desktop. Now I don't know how to get to my files! I am completely lost and also very frustrated. Can you help? " ... My response: If memory serves correct, the "My Computer" icon was removed from the desktop starting with Windows 8, and is now called "This PC". Personally, I have always used "My Computer" as a starting point whenever I need to access a file or folder located somewhere on my hard drive, so I am not really sure why Microsoft decided to stop placing ... (view more)

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