Solution to cluttered desktop
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my solution is pretty simple: turn on auto-arrange / align to grid. then i delete things when i see more than three columns of icons. i put all of my essential apps in the quick-launch bar.
Hmmmmm looks like this tool is not necessary for those who plan and organize their desktop on regular basis or neatly arrange/group thier icons. I think Its for people like me who wont delete anything on desktop for months, keep all their working files on the desktop. I have a minimum 20-30 documents/icons on my desktop which I would be using very frequently. So, I cant simply move them to other folders or delete them.
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... everything old is new again. http://www.yourdictionary.com/computer/program-manager[^] In win3.x I had all my groups un-minimized and sized to show all the containing icons without scrolling; always wierded out anyone else who had to use my PC.
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my solution is pretty simple: turn on auto-arrange / align to grid. then i delete things when i see more than three columns of icons. i put all of my essential apps in the quick-launch bar.
At the moment I have 6 columns and 12 rows although most of these could be deleted I do not bother.
John
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i can already do this today by creating folders on my desktop. why do i need some probably virus-ridden tool to do what i can already do?
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i can already do this today by creating folders on my desktop. why do i need some probably virus-ridden tool to do what i can already do?
Can you view the contents of folder, without actually opening the folder?
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Can you view the contents of folder, without actually opening the folder?
yes, you can make them stick "open" to your desktop
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yes, you can make them stick "open" to your desktop
I'm sorry, I might be missing an obvious thing here, but can you tell me how to do that
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Only Mac users would want stuff on their desktops. My desktop is clean.
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I'm sorry, I might be missing an obvious thing here, but can you tell me how to do that
you have to turn on active desktop with web and "show web content on my desktop" consult windows help or google how to do that.
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Pravarakhya wrote:
Is any one using Fences[^],
Now I do.
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At least in Windows XP... You can actually drag a folder from anywhere on your file system (i.e., not just folders from your desktop) and stick it to the edge of the desktop. You can then grab that little edge-folder thingy and move it over your desktop and it becomes a window that does not show on the taskbar. The original folder location remains intact, but you get the benefit of having a mini window that you can place files in. As far as I can tell, it is pretty much the same thing as that Fences program.
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I don't get this...if you have lots of icons on your desktop for commonly used docs/progs. Then surely you have said docs/progs open, and obscuring all the icons on the desktop???? I'd use taskbar folders instead, that way the icon is accessible what ever I'm running.
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I still prefer RocketDock, that way I don't have to bring the desktop to the front to find my links.
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I have Fences installed on several machines. For me its now a must have (ok a really like). I like the double click and hide all fences feature. I wish they had a hide this fence option, but you can achieve that effect by Excluding other fences from hiding. If you haven't tried it, you should give it a try.
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Thanks - it looked interesting until I got to the bit "This is a beta...and will expire in November 2009". I don't install beta software on my working machine, not since the incident. I don't want to talk about it.
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