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And the funny thing is that I don't use the Desktop at all. Apart from the background image, my Desktop is a sort of post-nuclear landfill.
I have a collapsible bar (Apple type) on top of my screen where I start programs from. Copernic to find files and the Windows Explorer to manage them. I never actually have to peel my screen down to the Desktop.
Philippe
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I've 45 icons on my desktop and 267 file folders on my computer...
[Edited at 2019-03-20 09:20 GMT]
| | | | neilmac
İspanya
Local time: 03:59
İspanyolca > İngilizce
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There are about 30 icons on my desktop. I only regularly use about a third of them. But it's not an issue.
There you go - I've just deleted three that I rarely or never use - is that better for you?
[Edited at 2019-03-20 09:03 GMT]
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X) 
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Local time: 18:59
İspanyolca > İngilizce
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| 17 links in the bottom tray | Mar 20, 2019 |
I rarely see my desktop because I have so many files open at once, but the most important shortcuts are in the bottom tray. I'd have more, but they won't fit (i.e., they go into hiding and I have to remember to look for them).
| | | | | Over 50, carefullly arranged in columns and clusters | Mar 20, 2019 |
Many of them are short cuts, but I have folders for all work in progress, until it is completed and invoiced, then I move it to a file called Færdig Arbejde. Literally Finished Work in Danish, but the expression has a triumphant ring to it in Danish, Job done, crossed of the list etc.
Of course, I have a short cut to the current Færdig Arbejde. folders from my desktop. I start a new one each year, and have subfolders for regular clients for each month.
Then the... See more Many of them are short cuts, but I have folders for all work in progress, until it is completed and invoiced, then I move it to a file called Færdig Arbejde. Literally Finished Work in Danish, but the expression has a triumphant ring to it in Danish, Job done, crossed of the list etc.
Of course, I have a short cut to the current Færdig Arbejde. folders from my desktop. I start a new one each year, and have subfolders for regular clients for each month.
Then there are short cuts to Invoicing, my collections of terminology and abbreviations, CAT tool and database and so on...
Plus a private department with whatever I collect along the way, and a few family pictures for inspiration.
It drives me up the wall when Windows periodically arranges them - it has simply no idea of how they go logically in clusters and groups. I disable everything I can, but smart computers are just TOO smart for me!
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| | | | | Sorry, repeat post - moderators please remove it! | Mar 20, 2019 |
[Edited at 2019-03-20 10:06 GMT]
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But I never thought that was a lot.
I haven't placed all on purpose, some seem to have found their own way to my desktop.
- And if it is an app I use, even occasionally, I'll just leave them.
BTW: I use 3 monitors, and the icons are only on one of them.
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| I got 99 icons and ProZ ain't one | Mar 20, 2019 |
Which got me wondering whether Jay-Z and ProZ might be distant cousins?
| | | | Gibril Koroma
Kanada
Local time: 21:59
Fransızca > İngilizce
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| Ricki Farn
Almanya
Local time: 03:59
İngilizce > Almanca
The Windows recycle bin. I don't think it can be removed from the desktop.
And a "wallpaper" image showing one of my two neighbours Willi and Willi, but I'm not sure which of the two it is (look closely):
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukrayna
İngilizce > Rusça
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| Five + Three specialized folders + A couple of interim drafts | Mar 20, 2019 |
After using Mac, I used to play a little with an eye-candy Mac-like interface (UIXstyle + RocketDock + FolderChanger, etc) and several virtual desktops, but now I'm satisfied with a free tiny WinRoll for rolling up/down and windows transparency, plus a free tiny Everything for spotifying necessary files quickly.
I don't think it can be removed from the desktop Why, Recycle Bin can be easily renamed or removed via a few clicks from the Desktop)
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Mario Freitas
Brezilya
Local time: 23:59
İngilizce > Portekizce
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I'd like to have less... or none at all. For a while, I had none, with a folder fixed in the start-up tab with the main ones. But I found it's more practical to have the frequently used ones in the desktop. After all, Windows has that feature for a reason, and that reason is way more important than aesthetics, for sure.
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brezilya
Local time: 23:59
İngilizce > Portekizce
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| Remove it... | Mar 20, 2019 |
Ricki Farn wrote:
The Windows recycle bin. I don't think it can be removed from the desktop.
And a "wallpaper" image showing one of my two neighbours Willi and Willi, but I'm not sure which of the two it is (look closely):
You can remove the recycle bin as well. In the control panel, there is a config where you chose which icons are visible or not, including the bin.
And by the way, that's Willi. I know them, too.
[Edited at 2019-03-20 22:20 GMT]
| | | | Philip Lees
Yunanistan
Local time: 04:59
Yunanca > İngilizce
| Veering off topic | Mar 21, 2019 |
Christine Andersen wrote:
It drives me up the wall when Windows periodically arranges them - it has simply no idea of how they go logically in clusters and groups. I disable everything I can, but smart computers are just TOO smart for me!
[Edited at 2019-03-20 10:05 GMT]
Yes, finding an old link after Windows has rearranged the desktop a few times can be tiresome. Since Windows 7, Windows doesn't even handle windows properly any more - they pop up at all kinds of odd positions on the screen.
And now and again, Firefox shuffles all the bookmarks on my toolbar ...
Sigh.
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