# Moving or putting items on the desktop. Windows 10.

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 09-May-2016 10:56:26

This question came up in QN’s so I am posting my thoughts on how here.
First finding the thing you wish to move, or put on your desktop is as easy as typing in the search box. Soon as you hear it, don’t move anything, but press your applications key to act on it.
The next method to find something, will be to press your windows key and arrow down through the start menu, it might already be there, so you can act on it.
If not, after you press your Windows key then shift tab up once to all apps.
Press your space bar, and arrow down until you locate what you want.
The confusing part about this, is that you can get lost in the columns if you arrow right or left. You may find your item that way too, but arrow down seems to show things easier.
Experiment with this to find your personal method.
What I mean by act on it, is once you have it located, press your applications key if you have, or use the keystroke to get in to that menu.
Once you are there, you will find several options. If you need more options open more by using the right arrow.
Apps/programs will have different selections and you’ll not be able to put some apps on your desktop with the same method.
These next instructions depend on what it is you want on the desktop.
If it is something like Microsoft Edge, to get it on your desktop, find it and open the menu. Go down to create a shortcut. Windows will say it can’t create one and ask you if you want it placed on the desktop. You can say yes, or no.
If the item is something like internet Explorer, open the menu.
Go to more and open that.
Depending on the program, and were you’ve found it, you may find either open file location, or send to.
If you choose open file location, you can simply copy your item to your clip board and drop it on the desktop, or anyplace you want it for that matter.
If you have a problem with that, you can open your menu again at this point, then locate send to. Right arrow, and go down to find desktop, or any other place you want your item sent.
Your item might be a photo, or music file, so depending on that will decide your choice.
Soon as you open the menu on the item before you have go to file location, some will have send to as well in the list, so you can use that right away without opening the menu a second time.
You can use the copy feature as well.
Again, what you need will depend on what you are trying to put on your desktop.
I’d say the least frustrating way to locate things is that mighty search box. It will show you anything on your computer you ask for.
Press the escape to get out of the search.
Any more questions, post them, and I’ll try to help.

## Post 2 by Blues_fan (Zone BBS Addict) on Monday, 09-May-2016 17:43:53

Thanks for posting this. I just happened to be wondering about the same thing.

## Post 3 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Monday, 09-May-2016 21:52:10

I've tried all your steps, and I still can't get it on the desktop. For one, there's no open file location when I hit the applications key on the item I want on my desktop..

## Post 4 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 09-May-2016 23:01:15

Tell me what one you want on there and I'll see if I can figure out why not.
Does it have the create a shortcut?
Do the others do as I suggest they should, just not that one?
Tell me these things, and I'll help you.

## Post 5 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 16:43:46

The thing I'm trying to get on the desktop is a windows 10 app. I got it from the windows 10 store, it's the game killer instinct. It does not have a create a shortcut option, and when I go to the more option, there's only two options.. None of them are the option to put it on the desktop.
Thank you for your help.

## Post 6 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 16:52:42

What folder is it in now?
I mean when you do find it, is it in a game folder?
Tell me that.
As for the apps, If you find the option to pin them someplace, such as start, or task bar, do that, then try to move it to the desktop from the pin location.
What I'm thinking in your situation, is a shortcut to the game folder can be put on the desktop,.
Now when you buy game apps, they will all be in that folder.
I'll check that out, and post more.

## Post 7 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 16:59:56

I actually don't see anywhere but on the start menu. When I go to more, there's share, rate, and pin to taskbar.
I looked in the C drive, in the programs folder, and there's no folder for it.. Weird.

## Post 8 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 17:02:51

Okay, here’s what I did.
I took the food and drink app. It does not have the create shortcut option, but does have the more, and the pin options.
I selected pin to my task bar.
Once it was there, when I opened up the menu at the task bar location, now I had the create shortcut option.
I said yes, and now on my desktop I have it.
Give that a try.
Once you have it on the desktop, if you wish, delete it from the location you took it to.
Let me know if that solved your problem.

## Post 9 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 18:22:53

Hi there,
I pinned it to the taskbar, and there's still no create shortcut option. The only options in the context menu were unpin from task bar, and uh... I forget. lol It had nothing to do with the shortcut though.

## Post 10 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 18:34:45

What version of Jaws or what screen reader are you using?
Also, how do you go about opening the menu?
We'll figure itout.
Smile.
For some reason, your screen reader isn't showing you all.

## Post 11 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 18:36:19

Oh, and besides this one app, can you put other things on your desktop as I've described?
I'm going to talk some about having more then one desktop later in this post.
Windows 10 offers that feature as well.

## Post 12 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 19:36:53

I was able to reproduce your problem.
Weird, but then windows 10 isn’t perfect yet.
Okay, try this.
Instead of opening the menu with the applications key use the keystroke shift F10.
For whatever reason it shows more options.
That is from the task bar location, it doesn’t work for me at the apps location.
I’m also running Jaws 17 the most current version, so that might be something to get if you’ve not upgraded to it yet.
Let me know on this one?

## Post 13 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 19:50:43

AH, it worked! Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. I'm using Jaws 17 latest build BTW...
Thanks again.

## Post 14 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 20:40:58

Okay. Good. Weird I'll admit as to how you have to get it there.
Maybe in the coming release this will get a bit smoother.

## Post 15 by Batman413 (Zone BBS is my Life) on Tuesday, 10-May-2016 23:23:32

New release? Will this be something that we'll get via windows update?

## Post 16 by forereel (Just posting.) on Wednesday, 11-May-2016 9:10:48

Windows 10 is due for an upgrade this summer. It will simply load just like all other Windows updates do when it is released.
You have no fear of accessibility, because Microsoft has been working on it.
Windows 10 was designed so that instead of having to buy new versions of Windows, it will simply update much like the Office suite does now.
If you haven't deleted your Windows backup, it is possible to return to settings before you get the update as well if things go wrong.

## Post 17 by hardyboy09 (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Friday, 13-May-2016 15:30:13

These are handy methods indeed; the one I use the most often is the Send To method described above. When visiting Freedom Scientific, and listening to one of their podcasts, Dan Clark mentioned virtual desktops. What in the world are these? Why would I want to use one? Also, why does Windows 10 take forever to load on a solid state drive along with Jaws? Is it because I just upgraded my pc and did not perform a clean installation? How can one do a clean install without sighted assistance? I know that there are methods of creating an unintended version, but nothing talks as far as I am aware?
Thanks.

## Post 18 by forereel (Just posting.) on Saturday, 14-May-2016 12:22:25

Here’s my thoughts on virtual desktops. Others might have a different view point.
Basically, you can have more than one desktop. Maybe you have one with icons, files, and such you use for school. The other will be for weekends, or pleasure.
Your school desktop might have shortcuts to folder for each class, your Office programs, a search engine, and a browser.
You don’t need email, and other distractions on that desktop, so you only have your working type icons on there.
Now, the other you understand will have games, music, you name it.
For us, an extra desktop is probably just something to have, because we must look at it using arrow keys, or the first letter of the thing we’re looking for.
A seeing person glances at there’s, seeing all that is available, so it is better to have what you need on your desktop over 20 or 30 icons.
Your email won’t keep flashing, or maybe you only put the email client for your work on the working desktop.
As to why your computer seems to boot slowly, could be several things.
First, maybe it doesn’t actually boot slow. It is there, but because Jaws isn’t talking, you can’t work with it until you hear Jaws.
10 has automatic updates, notifications, and other things that could be working before Jaws gets going.
Jaws is now a service, so loads as one. I’ve personally not tracked down a way to get it to load faster, and it may not be possible.
If you want that bam, don’t shut the machine down, allow it to just sleep.
Clean install is pretty easy. For you, simply download 10. Once it is ready choose the option that says you want everything removed.
Before you start download Jaws and save it to your downloads folder.
Now as far as installing alone, you could turn on Narrator provided you knew when. It really isn’t much for a seeing person to do for you, so start it going and when you think it is ready, just ask someone to come complete it.
Once installed, you can get on your desktop, type D for downloads and start your Jaws installing, or as the seeing person to do so.
After Jaws is installed, you can to the major setup work, like choosing your default browser other than the Edge.
You can go to backup and reinstall Windows too without downloading it.
Note, if you do the clean install, it wipes out everything like factory programs. If you want anything save it someplace before you use that option.
The computer will be base once it comes back, and I feel, work smoother to a point.