A heap of icons have always got to be loaded and refreshed, so the system is
going to spend some CPU time on their maintenance.  Still, that's not a
great problem for well resourced systems.

Personally, I find a desktop plastered with a mess of icons visually
disturbing - I'd rather see some pleasant wallpaper instead.

For those who mightn't know how to tidy up their desktops, here's a simple
method.

Go to somewhere like your program files folder and create a new folder.
Call it anything you like.  Mine's called 'HandyApps'.

Now create a shortcut (yes, another one!) to the new folder and put it on
your desktop.  Until you Rename it, it'll be called 'Shortcut to HandyApps'
(Unless you did the registry tweak)

Now drag the shortcuts you want to get rid of, over the HandyApps shortcut.
Away they go, zip.
But they're still there in the HandyApps folder if you want to use them.

I use about 5 or 6 folders for various types of shortcuts, games, docs, etc.

Some of you might be asking, 'Well, why not just create a folder on the
desktop and drag the shortcuts there?'  The answer to that is - You can.
But you can't change the icon for a folder as easily as you can for a
shortcut.  Just right button it, Properties\Change Icon.  However, it pays
to have some interesting icons in a folder somewhere, so you can tell your
PC where to look.

My HandyApps folder has a Snoopy icon,  my Games folder a Rubiks Cube.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Demetri Kolokotronis" Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Resources/Memory


> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 11:44:28 -0500 Doctor Data <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > I often find the less stuff you have
> > on your desktop, the better.
> > Bill Ades
>
> Can you please explain? Do number of shortcuts on Desktop degrade
> performance?
>
> Demetri Kolokotronis

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