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  • M Mark Salsbery

    Red Stateler wrote:

    Sounds like a waste of space.

    Yeah but the weight of all those extra pixels shortens a monitor's life!

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    amclint
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    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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    • 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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      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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          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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            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.

                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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                • M Marc Clifton

                  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)
                      Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)

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                      Rocky Moore
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                      Didn't find them there.

                      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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                      • 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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