To disable the programs or shortcuts you must hold down the SHIFT key until
the desktop icons appear.
Not exact matches
If you tap and hold the bottom of the screen,
icons representing all seven
desktop screens
appear in place of the three shortcuts.
(On a PC, it will be in Windows Explorer or My Computer; on a Mac, the Kindle «drive» will
appear as an
icon on the
desktop.)
We fixed an issue where
desktop icons sometimes couldn't be drag - and - dropped to certain places on the
desktop, even though the desired spot
appeared to align to the same grid as the other
icons already in place.
And, when a pinned person sends you an emoji on Skype, you'll see a large emoji
appear directly above their taskbar
icon on your
desktop.
None of the bundled apps put an
icon on a
desktop; they only
appear in the Windows Start Screen.