I'm using Windows 8 and have managed to lose the Desktop tile.
How do I put it back?
Best Answer
From the Start screen Win+D will take you to Desktop.
To get its tile back on Start you can do the following:
Whilst on the Start screen type Desktop. The screen will change and two items will appear.
Right click on Desktop, do not click on Remote Desktop; at the bottom of the screen, a bar appears where you can select Pin to Start, thus putting its tile (back) on the Start Screen.
Yeah, you did it here. If you ever want to go back to the default behavior, you can do this by changing the "Shuffle photos on app tile" option under Settings, which is in the charm at the right hand side.
It's a nice rule to remember that most of the times the settings at the bottom usually act upon the item in the application whereas the settings in the sidebar act upon the whole application.
The desktop tile by design shows the desktop background. Changing this is not an option in Windows 8 and would require changes to the actual tile manifest. The following question might help you, but at the time an answer has not been found:
Best Answer
From the Start screen Win+D will take you to Desktop.
To get its tile back on Start you can do the following:
Whilst on the Start screen type
Desktop
. The screen will change and two items will appear.Right click on Desktop, do not click on Remote Desktop; at the bottom of the screen, a bar appears where you can select Pin to Start, thus putting its tile (back) on the Start Screen.
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