When you search for something in the Windows 11/10 Start menu and do not see the icons for the search results, you can fix the issue in the following ways. In Windows 11, open Settings > Accessibility ...
While we all love to keep icons and files on the Desktop for quick access, it results in too much clutter. As Windows changed, it allowed you to hide the desktop icons, so everything looked cleaner.
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