Find the Recycle Bin. If your desktop shows no icons at all, right-click (or press and hold) the desktop and select View. If Show desktop icons has no checkmark, click it to add one. If that doesn't work, try this: Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes > Desktop icon settings. Make sure the check box for Recycle Bin is checked ...

To change ActiveX settings. In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button , and then select Internet options. On the Security tab, select Custom level, and then under ActiveX controls and plug-ins, do one the following: Allow Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls by selecting Enable. Allow Internet Explorer to Display video and animation on ...

Select My add-ins. In the Custom Addins section, select Add a custom add-in, then choose Add from file. Note: The Add from URL option is no longer available to install a custom Outlook add-in. As a workaround, open the URL in your preferred browser to download the add-in file, then use the Add from File option to install it. Select the XML file ...

The following tips can help you pinpoint the issue affecting your device. Before you begin, make sure your device is plugged into a power source and connected to the internet. Then, try the steps listed below to get your PC to update. Some updates require administrator access. If your account doesn't have administrator access, see Create a ...

Zip and unzip files. Zipped (compressed) files take up less storage space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly than uncompressed files. In Windows, you work with zipped files and folders in the same way that you work with uncompressed files and folders. Combine several files into a single zipped folder to more easily share a ...

To open Internet Explorer, select the Start button, type Internet Explorer, and then select the top search result. To be sure you have the latest version of Internet Explorer 11, select the Start button, select Settings > Update & security > Windows Update, and then select Check for updates. Internet Explorer 11 support ended on June 15, 2022.

Get a theme. To get a theme, expand one of the categories below, select a link for the theme, and then select Open. This saves the theme to your PC and puts it on your desktop. If you prefer, some themes can also be installed from the Microsoft Store. Explore themes in the Microsoft Store. Get free Windows themes from Microsoft to personalize ...

Find and download Windows Live Mail. Windows 10. If you’ve been using Windows Live Mail, you might want to give the Windows Mail app a try. If you sign in to your PC with your Microsoft account, your email address is already set up in the Mail app. And the Mail app syncs with the People and Calendar apps on your PC and your Windows Phone.

Find it. To get to This PC in Windows 10, open File Explorer from the taskbar and select This PC in the left pane.. Pin it to Start. If you want This PC to show up in your Start menu, open File Explorer, right-click (or press and hold) This PC in the left pane, and then select Pin to Start. Now, there's a This PC tile on the Start menu.

Resolution. This update for the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Update 5 Redistributable Package is released as a download-only update and isn’t distributed through Windows Update. Redistribution of this update is allowed, subject to the same license terms as granted by the Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 release.