Getting icons to stay on external/extended monitor.

I was collecting a few pics from the internet by clicking and dragging them to my external monitor. They usually drop right onto the desktop. One stayed on my external monitor and I'd like to be able to repeat that. Any ideas? Using Mountain Lion on a MacBook Pro.

I'm not sure what the problem is, but you could always switch the computer to black on white when you plug it into the tv. It is under the universal access, in the seeing tab, in system preferences.

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