Windows Server 2012 Displays the My Computer icon on the desktop

1. Local mode
If you are under the Windows Server 2012 local console, press win (the Microsoft logo key on the keyboard) +r, enter:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0

After the carriage return, tick the name of the desired desktop icon to confirm.

2. Remote mode
Open Windows PowerShell (something like a command prompt [white on blue], but not a command prompt), enter cmd return in Windows PowerShell when the following information is returned:
Microsoft Windows [version 6.2.9200]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Indicates that the command-line environment was successfully entered and then entered:

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0

After the carriage return, tick the name of the desired desktop icon to confirm.

Windows Server 2012 Displays the My Computer icon on the desktop