Does anyone else use the "Unused Desktop Icons"?

[aimeeandbeatles]

Or the Desktop Cleanup Wizard that Windows bugs you about every two minutes. (Not really, but it seems like it.)

I use it. I stick it up in a corner and use it when I don't feel like digging through the start menu.

 

[GenMarshall]

The who and the what?

I'm sorry, I guess I am one of those neat freaks who actually wants to keep minimal amount of shortcuts on his desktop

 

[Cutlass]

I want that thing gone. But I don't know how to turn it off

 

[illram]

I want that thing gone. But I don't know how to turn it off

Right click on your desktop-->properties-->desktop, click the customize desktop button, uncheck "run cleanup wizard every 60 days." Should get rid of it.

 

[Zelig]

Or the Desktop Cleanup Wizard that Windows bugs you about every two minutes. (Not really, but it seems like it.)

I use it. I stick it up in a corner and use it when I don't feel like digging through the start menu.

No, never.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Here's a neat trick I discovered -- to get Internet Explorer off the desktop, just use the Desktop Cleanup Wizard to move it to a folder then delete the folder.

 

[Mise]

You can disable the IE desktop icon from .... some menu.... I forget which one, but you can disable it along with the recycling bin, my documents directory, network places, my computer, etc etc.

 

[Cutlass]

You can delete ever icon from your desktop except the Recycle Bin. You need 3rd party software to get that one gone.

 

[IamJohn]

For Vista at least you can remove the recycle bin from the same option menu mise was talking about, it's quite possible to have an entirely blank desktop.

 

[Fetus4188]

I have said entirely blank desktop. Taskbar is also gone, replaced by objectdock.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

well, my XP Home won't let me delete IE off the desktop.

 

[Macha]

I have never had any problem removing IE from and XP desktop. I just click it and delete. It does take extra effort to remove My Documents or My Computer but I usually want those on anyway.

 

[lndm]

Is it in the "AllUsers" account directory?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

The only things I see in there is Firefox, Nero (the CD burner that came with my computer) and the icon for the scanner.

 

[lndm]

Give this a try. If it doesn't work, there's another way to do it.

Right click on the desktop->Properties. Click on the Desktop tab->Customise Desktop. Click on the General tab in the Desktop Icons section. Untick IE.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Nope, IE's not there.

Edit: Although it doesn't say delete when I right clicked it, when I hit the delete key on the keyboard as an experiment, it vanished. Figures, LOL.

 

[lndm]

Edit: Although it doesn't say delete when I right clicked it, when I hit the delete key on the keyboard as an experiment, it vanished. Figures, LOL.

Nice hacking

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I didn't even bother before because usually when it does that, the delete key is useless as well.