Desktop Icons

[vairox]

i4one - sounds promising will try thanks!

as for 80 icons, i use this stuff EVERYDAY, well 90%...it sucks to go through menus, folders etc to find the program exe...but thats me, how much ram does this many icons take up? more than 10 megs? i didnt think it took up hardly any, i mean they are 1kb shortcut files...or am i missing something

[ua549]

I keep all of my shortcut icons on the quick start bar. They are handy and the bar will quickly popup when you put the cursor on that edge of the display. You don't have to have all your windows minimized with show desktop to access the quickstart bar either.

[Mr Cherry]

Have you thought about other ways to organize shortcuts? You can try what I do, make a folder (i.e. Games) and put your game shortcuts in there. Now drag the folder to your taskbar and resize the toolbar to your liking (mine only shows the words Games). Now all you have to do is click on the toolbar to pop up you list of shortcuts. Works great for other programs and is a lot more organized than having 80 icons on your desktop.

[I4one]

I'm using 98.......so I don't know about 2000/XP's submenu options....but if you're referring to 9x/ME...there's only a NEW submenu when you do that(suppose I don't want New..?...I want Existing)...and you also have to have your windows smaller than Desktop allows(which I do anyway) ........and if you think having 80icons in there is any fun....think again...
IMHO ofcourse....

[serotone9]

i was talking more about other OSes that allow you to customize the right click menu. with win98, you're basically screwed. (j/k) i still have 98 on my old laptop, and it does give you the "desktop menu" option for the taskbar. you could make subfolders on the desktop to group all the icons, and between that the quick start menu, you'd probably have a much easier time.

[vairox]

ya im gonna make folders for shortcuts...vid editing apps in one, games in another...thats like 40 icons right there. damn windows.

[I4one]

serotone9 and Mr Cherry and ua549

I have created folders on the Taskbar before(as win98 sees fit to call it)(the running tasks and services are where the clock is).....anyway, I've done it ua549's way and it basically still gets to messy (even a "Desktop" folder...ie Right click blank area of taskbar>point to Toolbars>choose New Toolbar and navigate to any folder)
I've created Fav's and Music folders this way in the past and I still find it preferable my way.....
I've helped someone restore a corrupted Quicklaunch bar in the past this way.....
Another problem is the fact that these Taskbar folders don't allow "view" arrangement, such as by "type" rather than always alphabetically....
I suppose there's a Reg hack i could figure out/find to do this.....but
Needless to say, I find it much easier to do it with Desktop Icons....

I guess we all have our preferences...which is a GOOD thing IMO....
Peace;
4Now
I4one

pss I followed the Palladium link and I am all over it!!!
NY Rocks Baby

[I4one]

oh.....By the Way

LEEEETS GO YAAAANKKKKEEEEEESSSS!!!!

[I4one]

only if you've been following along so far

Sorry to play semantics here.....but I have to correct myself...
I got so much stuff whizzing around upstairs right now..along with a World Series Game I'm trying to watch, and 6 cups of coffee in me

the 'running tasks' area is really the "Systray".....you know,...it probably should be called "Menu Bar"....
Is that the Apple way.....? or Linux...don't answer please... It really doesn't matter

[Steve R Jones]

Save Desktop Icon Arrangements
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,59730,00.asp

"This issue's utility, WinTidy 2, remembers your Desktop layout and restores it for you. You can place the icons by hand or use one of a dozen predefined layouts to arrange icons in the order you choose automatically. Save the arrangement as a named layout that you can restore at will, or associate the arrangement with the current screen size. When the screen size changes, WinTidy can automatically load the associated icon layout. And if you want to pack your icons into the smallest possible space, WinTidy will put the entire Desktop into small icons mode."

[Big_B]

/waits patiently for someone to mention the HL2 icon on his desktop...

[proxops-pete]

Originally posted by Big_B
/waits patiently for someone to mention the HL2 icon on his desktop...

Good luck!! I hope you don't lose too much sleep!!!

[I4one]

Originally posted by Big_B
/waits patiently for someone to mention the HL2 icon on his desktop...

Whas up...?????
What am I missin here fella's
What's an HL2 Icon....Has it to do with spyware from PC Mag..?
I know visiting that site...that it bombards you with DCOM..and Popups