To customize a shortcut icon, right-click the desired shortcut, select Properties, Shortcut, Change Icon, then select the desired Icon. If you don't find one to fit your needs, try Browse and look in \Windows\System first.
To change your display resolution "on the fly", right-click the desktop, select Properties | Settings, and change from, say VGA to 800 by 600 resolution without rebooting.
The next time you're trying to find something in a sea of Recycle Bin items, stop. Look at them in a different way. Let Windows 95 sort them for you first. Then you can find what you need at the drop of an icon. With the Recycle Bin open, pull down the View menu and choose Details. Hold your cursor over the right or left edge of the window, and when it changes to a double-pointed arrow, drag it to make the window large enough to show all five columns of data. Pick the criterion (one of the five columns) that best identifies what you're looking for, then click the gray area at the top of that column. Presto--instant sort. (Click the column heading again to reverse the sort order.) Scroll down that column until you see the piece of information you know, and there's that item! This Tip also works in Explorer.