Desktop+Icons+Hide+them

Desktop Icons Hide them

Do you find that you have to many Icons on your Desktop?

So much so that you have trouble in locating the one you want to click?

Well you can safely remove Icons which by default have a small arrow on the Icon

( That is if you have not followed My tip on how to remove those arrows ) In removing these Icon you will not effect the programs.

However, removing the ones without the small arrow could cause considerable problems with the exception of the ones which windows allows you to remove.

For example :‐

My documents

My Computer

My Network places

Etc.

You can find out which they are and remove them by going to :‐

Right click on the Desktop

Select Properties

Click Desktop Tab

Click Customise Desktop button

Then uncheck the boxes against those which you desire to remove/hide.

You can also use XP’s Desktop cleanup Wizard

Click Clean Desktop Now button

Be careful, though, about deleting icons that donʹt have this arrow; you may have inadvertently moved the program file or original document to the desktop. In that case, you should use Windows Explorer to drag and drop those icons to a different location, such as the My Documents folder Removing icons wonʹt affect your desktop wallpaper.