My desktop needs tidying


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I have 40 icons clogging up my 800x600 desktop (list below). I want to remove as many as possible to I end up with a tidier looking desktop, but I?m not sure about the process, as to what needs deleting, relocating, etc.

When I go through: Start > Programs > , I find listed those in bold (below)

My Computer

Network Neighborhood

Inbox

Ad-Aware SE PersonaAdobe Reader 6.0b>

AVG 7.5

OutlooDivX Converterb>

DivX MovieDivX PlayerbHP DeskJet 720C Seriesb>

Java Web Start

Microsoft MousMicrosoft Outlookb>

Free Download Manager

Mouse Quick Start GuidMozilla Firefoxb>

VLC Media Player

Windows Media PlayeWinZipb>

My Briefcase

iv_misc

IrfanView ThumbnailInternet Explorerb>

fdminst-lite.exe

FSS_PH60.exe

install_flash_player_7_ax.exe

irfanview_plugins_410_setup.exe

iriview410_setup.exe

mpfull.exIrfanViewb>

msjavax86.exe

NetworkOptimiser.exe

QuickTimeInstaller.exe

ShockWave_Installer_Full.exe

spybotsd152.exe

spybotsd160.exe

Shortcut to Dial-Up NetworkinSpybot Search & Destroyb>

ie6setup.exe

My OS is NT4

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Wow... I thought this was a joke.

1. If you really must save your executables, at least organize them into at least 1 folder, and further if possible.

2. Do you really need shortcuts to all of those apps on your desktop? What's wrong with the start menu?

If you see a shortcut on your desktop... and can't remember the last time you clicked it... DELETE IT.

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on my desktop I only have my computer, recycle bin, my documents and a link to my downloads folder. all apps are in my start menu. apps that I only open when using a file to open or apps I can start from my run box aren't in there at all. I have a screenshot somewhere lol. I have my apps categorised. also I reshacked my start menu to take out the useless crap like help & support and recent documents that I never use lol

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1. If you really must save your executables, at least organize them into at least 1 folder, and further if possible.

I don?t know what I ?must save?, that?s part of my problem. Where should I locate the one folder? I?ve always suffered a bit of phobia when it came to the whole file network thing, so when there was the option, I?d always save to the desktop instead, where I knew it could be found.

Executables are those ending .exe? I tried deleting those and it kept saying something like: ?If you delete this, the program won?t run?

2. Do you really need shortcuts to all of those apps on your desktop? What's wrong with the start menu?

That?s the whole point. I want to be able to start them from the start menu, but as my list shows, only 10 (the bolded ones) are duplicated in the start menu. So it?s safe to delete those desktop icons for those 10? But how do I get the others (those not bolded) into the start menu?

If you see a shortcut on your desktop... and can't remember the last time you clicked it... DELETE IT.[/quot:cool:/>

Okay :cool:

use a dock.. I use a dock and have 0 icons on my desktop because of it.
Just looked on Wiki to find what a 'Dock' is. I'm running NT4 if that's a factor. I'll look into that. Thanks.
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My Computer

Network Neighborhood

Inbox delete

Ad-Aware SE Personal

Adobe Reader 6.0 delete

AVG 7.5

Outlook

DivX Converter delete

DivX Movies

DivX Player delete

HP DeskJet 720C Series delete

Java Web Start delete

Microsoft Mouse delete

Microsoft Outlook delete

Free Download Manager delete

Mouse Quick Start Guide delete

Mozilla Firefox

VLC Media Player delete

Windows Media Player delete

WinZip delete

My Briefcase delete

iv_misc delete

IrfanView Thumbnails delete

Internet Explorer

fdminst-lite.exe delete

FSS_PH60.exe delete

install_flash_player_7_ax.exe delete

irfanview_plugins_410_setup.exe delete

iriview410_setup.exe delete

mpfull.exe delete

IrfanView delete

msjavax86.exe delete

NetworkOptimiser.exe

QuickTimeInstaller.exe delete

ShockWave_Installer_Full.exe delete

spybotsd152.exe delete

spybotsd160.exe delete

Shortcut to Dial-Up Networking

Spybot Search & Destroy delete

ie6setup.exe delete

these seem to be either not necessary or just setup files that were used once and you don't need anymore... as for some of the shortcuts like VLC player, I am pretty sure you just go to the movie you want to watch and double click it to watch it... if you don't, then start doing it. it's good for you to use the file explorer to locate things rather than open vlc and locate the files with it. anything that i haven't listed that you don't use, please feel free to delete them...

also consider using a quick launch bar instead of having all this stuff on your desktop. right click on the taskbar go to toolbars and check quick launch. now you can drag those shortcut icons from your desktop onto the toolbar and run things from there.

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You should create a Download folder to store all those .exe. You probably use these only once.

You could also use a dock which is very convenient.

If you want to type a bit Launchy. It launch programs, you open it and type the application you want to run. The more you use it, the better it will work. By default, it will search all the shortcut in the start menu.

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  • 2 weeks later...

First off, go take a computer class so you will have a clue as to what you're doing with that computer. If you are unable to manage this simple task of managing your desktop, I'd hate to know how spyware/malware infested you either already are or very shortly will be!!

Then, follow the advice already posted!! :blush:

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First off, go take a computer class so you will have a clue as to what you're doing with that computer. If you are unable to manage this simple task of managing your desktop, I'd hate to know how spyware/malware infested you either already are or very shortly will be!!

Then, follow the advice already posted!! :blush:

To be fair I think I saw two different versions of spybot in the list he posted. Whether he found the exe again to install it is another question :p joke

I tend not to save the executables for the programs I download. I don't see the point as they take up space I can use for other things, I can easily download them again, and by the time I need to do a reinstall, there is a new version out so the old installer is obsolete.

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use a dock.. I use a dock and have 0 icons on my desktop because of it.

imo docks are mostly an aesthetic thing. If he's running 800x600 my guess is his system is not able to handle much more than that and adding a dock to the mix will only use up system resources he might not have.

Or he just likes that resolution for some reason. If his computer was purchased in the last six years it should be able to handle a bigger screen size than that..

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