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Thanks to the “Desktop icon settings” link on the Themes Settings screen,

you can specify which standard icons sit on your desktop for easy access
and what they look like. To choose your icons, just turn on the checkboxes
for the ones you want (see Figure 4-5).

You can also substitute different icons for your icons. Click, for example,

the This PC icon, and then click Change Icon. Up pops a collection of
predrawn icons in a horizontally scrolling selection box. If you see a picture
you like better, double-click it.

Click OK if you like the change, Cancel if not.

Mouse pointer settings

If your fondness for the standard Windows arrow cursor begins to wane,

you can assert your individuality by choosing a different pointer shape. For
starters, you might want to choose a bigger arrow cursor—a great solution
on today’s tinier-pixel, shrunken-cursor monitors.

Tip

What you’re about to read is the old way of adjusting the cursor shape and size—the more
complete way, involving a visit to the old Control Panel. In Windows 10, though, a few simplified
cursor-shape options also await in the newfangled Settings program (“Cursor & Pointer Size”).