How do I put a pic on my desktop?

aliasojo

I don't want it as a screensaver or wallpaper. I want a small pic (which I want to duplicate several times) put on my desktop in the same way as a program icon would be.

I dowloaded a pic and saved it as a jpeg to my desktop but it's appeared as a small square jpeg icon rather than the pic itself. I then have to click on it to open it which defeats the purpose.

How can I make the pic itself appear there?

the182guy

What version of Windows are you using? XP?

aliasojo

Yes, XP......

the182guy

Try right clicking on the desktop, then View>Thumbnails. HTH

Edit: this may only work in a folder view rather than on the desktop

dogmaryxx

1
Create a Desktop folder and name it Icons or a name of your choice.

Create Icons with Irfanview

1. 1
   Create your own icons or icon files form images and more by using a third party utility. IrFanview is an excellent example.
2. 2
   Download the program "Irfanview".
3. 3
   Place the program in the Icon folder your created above. Create a new folder named Icons if you do not already have one.
4. 4
   Open any icon or image file, including an image you may have created yourself in a paint program.
5. 5
   
   Insure the image is square.
   1. Square the image by choosing Image->Resize.
   2. Select Resample.
   3. Select a size, either 16 or 32 pixels.
   4. Click OK.
6. 6
   
   Insure the correct color depth
   1. Open the image again
   2. Click Decrease Color Depth
   3. Select the number of colors.
   4. Click OK.
7. 7
   Save image where you want, but select ICO (Windows Icon) file type.
8. 8
   If you select Save Transparent Color, you can select the invisible image color, so its background look transparent and look the same as your desktop.