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Quick Tip: Enjoy your Desktop
Posted in: Tips & Tricks, blog by CW on 24 February 2010
Most of us who spend a fair amount of time working on a computer appreciate our desktop. We decorate it with a picture of our kids, our significant other or maybe just an image that relaxes us when we aren’t working.
Where's Waldo?
Then we start adding shortcuts to programs and websites, installed programs install an icon on the desktop and soon our image is buried beneath a bunch of distracting images. When there’s no organization to the desktop shortcuts it often takes longer to find the icon you want there than it would be to simply open the Start menu.
Here’s a tip that I’ve used for quite a while that both frees up your desktop image and makes finding program shortcuts easier and quicker.
The first step is to right-click on the desktop and choose View, then uncheck the option to Show Desktop Icons.
Now you have an uncluttered view of your desktop.
Next, right-click on any open space on the taskbar (to the right of the Windows Start button), select Toolbars and select Desktop.
Now you have a pop-up menu of every icons and its associated program on the taskbar.
One last step adds a degree of organization to your Desktop menu.I’ll use my personal method as an example. You can organize your menu to meet your needs.
Using Windows Explorer, I open the Desktop folder. I right-click anywhere in the window and select New then select Folder (do not select NewFolder in the first window). I then create folders for Apps, System, Games, Office, Reference and so forth. Finally I left-click on each icon and drag it to an appropriate folder.
Being more organized increases efficiency. Being able to enjoy your desktop image may relieve stress. I’d say either of those is a good reason to get rid of your disorganized desktop today.
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