Fake Icons on Desktop

[Xerxes]

Done that back in school in the days of Windows 3.11!! hilarious watching what people do trying to use the computer :p good memories :happy:

[cragdoo]

I always make a point of doing the fake icon trick on all the laptops in our local Toys'R'Us , you should see the so called 'Technical Support' guys in there trying to figure out WTF is going on , hilarious

[os2fan2]

I did this with an OS/2 desktop as background agaist a Win 3.1 desktop. Minimise progman, and you have all sorts of fun (people trying to start OS/2 apps).

Another fun trick is to hide live icons on the desktop, on top of their image, so it does not look like it's stuffed. A minimised taskbar at the top does wonders if the taskbar is clear at the bottom.

[DaltonLauer]

Nice and funny :D Thank You.

[BlakByte]

its not really that amazing, but its sure funny sometimes.. btw, the topiccreator says "save as jpeg".. since u probably will use paint for this i recommend saving as bmp hehe.. maximum quality

[spacer]

One day my cousin teach me this "joke" in a public internet place...

Hide all windows and leave just the Desktop, press the key next to F12 to take screenshots and save it as JPEG file.

Set that file as wallpaper as you usually do.

Now, right click the desktop, and deselect the hightlighted option (sorry, my computer is in spanish :)):

Now try to open the icons :cool:

Be sure to stay some time to watch someone becoming crazy with it :D

Wow, are we back in 1997 again?

[Lt-DavidW]

the topiccreator says "save as jpeg".. since u probably will use paint for this i recommend saving as bmp hehe.. maximum quality

Why save as BMP when you have lossless PNG? ;)

Wow, are we back in 1997 again?

This gag wasn't possible using Windows 95.

[spacer]

This gag wasn't possible using Windows 95.

So I guess you missed my joke about this prank being older than dirt. Sorry, I'll be more specific next time ;)

[Sheol]

Why save as BMP when you have lossless PNG? ;)

JPEG is better to save larger files ^^

But if you are using paint... PNG should be better...

[roadgeek9]

I think I remember doing this way back in... Windows 98.

[Herby]

@ request: Like to tease?!! Try this one,..

These reg files swap the Computer Icon on the Desktop with a fake one.

The Open command (left click) performs a Message Beep.

The Explore command swaps the mouse buttons (you can undo it in the Buttons tab @ Mouse Properties).

The Manage command opens a Format Windows dialog box (XP) or a Restart Dialog (Vista).

The properties command gives an Installation failed error (because it installs nothing).

Install: Merge MyCompXP.reg or MyCompVista.reg and refresh the Desktop (Right Click and select Refresh).

Uninstall: Merge MyComp-.reg and refresh the Desktop.

> FakeComputer.zip (2,64 KB)