Tips by davi 03: Clean your freaking desktop

[davi]

After seeing a few screenshots of peoples desk tops i've noticed how unorganized they are.

Here are a few tips that have learned. (i'm using xp)


Do you have a short cut to a common used folder on your desktop? try clicking the folder and draging it to the top, right, or left side of your screen then releasing. It will cause a new taskbar. Right click on a blank spot in the task bar and turn on auto hide and go to VIEW then change to small icons.

This will give you instant access to the folder whenever needed. I use it for my mp3 drive.

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Have a series of game icons scattered around? make a new folder and drag drop all the shortcutsr in. If you are like me you just freezed up 8 spaces.

Also if the folder button is too tacky for you right click the folder and go to properties, then customize, then change icon. There will be a list of standard icons ot pick from. personally i like the orange one with the arrow point up. clean and easy to spot on a black desktop.

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Is your system tray becoming too packed? Make sure you have the "hide inactive icons" options on. If you don't:

Go to properties and put a check mark at the very bottom option.

Then you can go to customize in the same section and set whatever icons you want to ALWAYS hide, i have 10 icons(so far) in my tray, only 4 show.

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If i can think of something else i'll let yah'll know. Feel free to enter suggestions too.

[Oblio]

uh.. thanks davi.
I would do that only if i could find my way on my desktop again.
I have two big monitors and both are full with icons - i can find what i need only after a long incantation.
But worry not, if you're like me you don't need the games section. You can play descktop. Here is my tip for that:
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Select a buch of icons (something important) and with loud voice command them: "Group one attack ... HERE" ;)

You can make formatins too :D
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Oblio

[davi]

haha

[Blind]

Originally posted by davi
Do you have a short cut to a common used folder on your desktop? try clicking the folder and draging it to the top, right, or left side of your screen then releasing. It will cause a new taskbar. Right click on a blank spot in the task bar and turn on auto hide and go to VIEW then change to small icons.

Ok, now that's cool. Nice! Thanks, davi...

[Erik]

I use a background image that i made that has a number of 'areas' on it with a color -- i move my icons to an appropriate area. The game icons in one area, tools in another, windows stuff somewhere else etc. It works nicely! All i have to remember is 'that's supposed to be in the green area somewhere' and bingo.

Thnx for the taskbar trick btw, didn't know that one before!

[Axionite]

Omg.. I bet I have the most organized computer in this community. I'm not bragging either or claiming to, but merely betting on it.

I can't stand messes, I continue to clean up after my family as well, hell... I sometimes make their beds!! ..rofl.

So if I do all that, then I must have a very, very well organized desktop/computer. :)

[davi]

yeah i just started a new computer and i'm uber organizing, my folder lists go:
1 My Art work
1 Programs
1 Art
1 Art Reference
2 Website
Data
Downloads
Games

and in my program folder it goes
Art programs
Conversation Programs
File Transfer Programs
Utilities

then each of those are split into sections

in Utilities i have it:

1 Computer protection
2 File burning
3 XP Enhancing

:F