To change the icon of a Folder on desktop: Using the Explorer, move the folder from the Desktop directory to another directory on the hard drive
Right click on the new folder and select “Create Shortcut”
Move the shortcut to the Desktop
Right click and select a new icon.
Easily create Windows desktop shortcuts to your favorite web pages by following the below steps.
Open the web page you wish to create [...]
To hide all the icons on your Desktop, open the Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Current Version\Policies\Explorer. Add a DWORD value and name it NoDesktop. Change it’s value to 1. Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows.