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If you want to restore the show desktop icon, follow this short guide and see how it works: including a free download of the show desktop icon if you don’t want/can’t create it yourself.

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If you want to know how to display your IP address on your desktop read this short guide. We have previously covered a guide how to display system information on the desktop, but apparently it can only display the internal IP on your desktop.

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I previously showed you that there are some great tools to save/restore your desktop icon layout in Windows 7. Some tools go even further and create forms, shapes and objects using desktop icons. Sounds crazy? It probably is, but it’s some cool desktop art.

Challenge + Reward Inside: Arrange your desktop icons into complex forms and send us a screenshot to win7themes@googlemail.com

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Do you hate it when your desktop icon layout gets messed up and you have to restore your personal, customized layout MANUALLY one by one? Well, here’s a simple solution to save and restore desktop icon layouts in Windows 7.

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FelixJr, one of our readers wanted to know how to remove the recycle bin from his desktop in Windows 7. Windows 7 allows you to remove all system icons from your desktop and even add others that are disabled by default.

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Some of our community members are hard at work and created 3 new, free Windows 7 desktop themes:

If you want to submit your own themes, you can do that here.

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We previously told you how to find the MAC address in Windows 7, but what if you want display the MAC address right on your desktop along with other crucial system information? There’s an easy solution.

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Do you want to display your system information on the desktop? It can be handy if you want to know your IP, free disk space or your MAC address. Microsoft provides a handy tool to add all system information (even custom information) straight to your desktop!

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