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Windows 8.1 - Prevent themes from changing your desktop icons

Latest update on June 10, 2014 at 11:22 AM by deri58 .

Windows 8.1 - Prevent themes from changing your desktop icons

When using custom themes with Windows, in most cases your Desktop themes will change too. How to prevent this from happening?

The procedure is as follows:

Right-click on an empty area of your Desktop > Personalize.

Uncheck "Allow themes to change desktop icons" and click on Apply.

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