The small symbols that light up in the Windows taskbar are not just decoration, they are often the only warning that your ...

When an app uses your mic or tracks your location, Windows displays small icons in the taskbar. Hovering over these icons will reveal which app is using them. The issue, however, is that these icons ...

You may have noticed several icons in your Windows operating system which have an overlay icon on it. This could be the most common overlay arrow icon, which indicates that the icon is a shortcut icon ...

Q: I don’t know how, but my files suddenly lost their Microsoft icons and now display an Internet Explorer logo. When I try to open the files, I get a window that says, “View downloads — Internet ...

The default icon storage location in Windows 10 or 11 is basically within the computer's 'local disk.' Next, click on the 'Windows' folder in the local disk. The DLL file in 'System32' in the 'Windows ...

Have you ever run into a situation where you want to raise the volume of a downloaded clip to make it audible, only to find that the Volume icon is missing from the Taskbar of your Windows 11 or ...

After almost three years, Microsoft has finally added the 'Never combine taskbar button' back to Windows, and it still doesn't work correctly. The combine taskbar items feature in Windows 10 allows ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: We converted from Windows 7 to Windows 10 a few months ago. Previously, I was able to establish desktop icons for frequently used programs (Quicken, Word, ...

Microsoft says a bug in Windows 11 is hiding the “password” icon, which allows you to log in when you don’t want to use the ...

If your Windows 11 lock screen suddenly stopped showing the password sign-in icon, you’re not alone! Microsoft has confirmed that a recent Windows 11 ...

Reader Barry is running Windows 7 Professional. Out of the blue, his system started displaying generic icons for various files and folders. Thankfully, he was kind enough to include a screenshot, ...