s aDesktop Icons.... Grrrr..
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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.
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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Shouldn't matter unless you keep a monitor for more than 10yrs and it's on all day every day....
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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.
Yeah, but they still show in "My Computer".
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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:
Does your GF have a big pair of CRTs? Oh, wait, this is the lounge, sorry.
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Does your GF have a big pair of CRTs? Oh, wait, this is the lounge, sorry.
My kid sister would approve.
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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.
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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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.
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 ;)
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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
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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!