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  • P PIEBALDconsult

    Ew, your system must look like a Mac. I have no pity for anyone who puts icons on his desktop. My desktop is completely free of icons. No wallpaper either. I have the important stuff (five items) on my Quick Launch bar, for anything else I go to the (classic) Start menu. One of the Quick Launch items is "My Computer" and when I open it and go up one level I see "Desktop", which is what would be on the desktop if I let them. What I don't like is that I can't seem to remove what's there (My Computer, My Documents, etc.). I can right-click-delete, but they keep coming back! Not even TweakUI removes them.

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    Dan Neely
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    PIEBALDconsult wrote:

    What I don't like is that I can't seem to remove what's there (My Computer, My Documents, etc.). I can right-click-delete, but they keep coming back! Not even TweakUI removes them.

    Right click on desktop. Desktop tab. Customize desktop. General tab. Uncheck the checkboxes. Ok/apply your way back out.

    -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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    • A amclint

      Shouldn't matter unless you keep a monitor for more than 10yrs and it's on all day every day....

      Aaron Clint Work

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      Mark Salsbery
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      True. But if my GF adds one more art-project icon to my desktop I'm going to need counterweights on the back of my monitors to keep them from falling on their face. (I'm still using a big pair of CRTs by the way...."'til they die!' I say!) :laugh:

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        PIEBALDconsult wrote:

        What I don't like is that I can't seem to remove what's there (My Computer, My Documents, etc.). I can right-click-delete, but they keep coming back! Not even TweakUI removes them.

        Right click on desktop. Desktop tab. Customize desktop. General tab. Uncheck the checkboxes. Ok/apply your way back out.

        -- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.

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        PIEBALDconsult
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        Yeah, but they still show in "My Computer".

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        • M Mark Salsbery

          True. But if my GF adds one more art-project icon to my desktop I'm going to need counterweights on the back of my monitors to keep them from falling on their face. (I'm still using a big pair of CRTs by the way...."'til they die!' I say!) :laugh:

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Does your GF have a big pair of CRTs? Oh, wait, this is the lounge, sorry.

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          • P PIEBALDconsult

            Does your GF have a big pair of CRTs? Oh, wait, this is the lounge, sorry.

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            Mark Salsbery
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            My kid sister would approve.

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            • M Member 96

              Wow! I find having even 1 extra icon than I absolutely need to be an esthetic pain in the ass. I love a nice clean empty screen when I startup windows. I don't know how you can stand that.

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              Rocky Moore
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              But you loose a lot of functionality. The desktop is a great place to drop things temporarily such as just dragging the url icon form explorer down to the desktop. Looks are not that important to me as I look at it as a scratch pad, not a piece of art.

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                UltraMon (which I believe is essential for multimonitor setups) has a "restore icon positions" feature. Marc

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                Rocky Moore
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                I can rearrange the icons for the $40 fee ;)

                Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Scratch: fun for all ages for free!

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  Ew, your system must look like a Mac. I have no pity for anyone who puts icons on his desktop. My desktop is completely free of icons. No wallpaper either. I have the important stuff (five items) on my Quick Launch bar, for anything else I go to the (classic) Start menu. One of the Quick Launch items is "My Computer" and when I open it and go up one level I see "Desktop", which is what would be on the desktop if I let them. What I don't like is that I can't seem to remove what's there (My Computer, My Documents, etc.). I can right-click-delete, but they keep coming back! Not even TweakUI removes them.

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                  Rocky Moore
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                  PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                  have the important stuff (five items) on my Quick Launch bar, for anything else I go to the (classic) Start menu.

                  Poor guy ;)

                  Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Scratch: fun for all ages for free!

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                  • N Nish Nishant

                    I believe they are stored here (on XP) :- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Desktop You could save the contents of that key periodically.

                    Regards, Nish

                    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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                    Rocky Moore
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                    Didn't find them there.

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                    • R Rocky Moore

                      But you loose a lot of functionality. The desktop is a great place to drop things temporarily such as just dragging the url icon form explorer down to the desktop. Looks are not that important to me as I look at it as a scratch pad, not a piece of art.

                      Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: SQL Server Express Warnings & Tips Latest Tech Blog Post: Scratch: fun for all ages for free!

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                      Rocky Moore wrote:

                      But you loose a lot of functionality

                      I'd lose a lot of rationality if I tried to do that. Nothing bugs me more on a computer than lack of organization. Everything in it's place is easy to find. Whatever works though I guess.

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