no desktop icons

by becoming minimalist on June 6, 2008

perhaps it’s a bit quirky, but recently i turned off all of the icons on my dektop.  and i love it!

for those that aren’t aware, you can turn off your pc’s desktop icons by right-clicking the desktop > clicking “arrange icons by” > and un-checking “show desktop icons”.  before i did that, i moved some of my regularly used program shortcuts to the quicklaunch taskbar just to make sure they were quick to load (auto-hiding the taskbar takes care of the evidence).

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Troy March 16, 2010 at 12:18 pm

Yes, I love this idea. I’ve been doing this for awhile to see my desktop picture uncluttered. I also minimize task bar and push it to autohide. Creates a very clean apperance.

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Red April 22, 2010 at 2:45 pm

Woo for an uncluttered desktop! I have a MacBook and did the same thing recently. My tool bar hides unless I hover over it so all I see is the window I have pulled up. :)

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