If you find that your desktop icons are missing, type gpedit.msc in the Start menu and hit Enter to open the Group Policy Editor. Navigate to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop.

Once you have downloaded all your icon files, place them in one folder for easy access. Secondly, you want to get the app shortcuts in one place. I’ve collected them on the desktop for ease of use.

It's good psychological manipulation. I find a desktop to be the most distracting place to possibly put these icons. Since I ...