Microsoft is telling PC makers that ship Wndows XP to have at least three icons on the desktop: MSN, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

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On the same day that new system icons Windows 10 were spotted Microsoft detailed a new font that it is now planning to roll out.

PC makers that ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons: MSN, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player.

Microsoft has begun testing color-coded icons to visually indicate how much battery your laptop has left, plus the actual percentage.

In fact, there are still millions of people running Windows XP today, a dozen years after mainstream support ended and nearly twenty years after the OS was first launched.

If you notice that the icons are broken in Windows 11/10, first, try refreshing the desktop. If that doesn't work, you can rebuild the icon cache or disable the icon packs.

If you are unable to or cannot move desktop icons in Windows 11/10 then this post is sure to help you. We have covered different ways to fix the issue.

You're not restricted to the default icons Windows offers PC users. It's possible to customize and change these shortcuts into any photo desired.