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From: Richard Steinfeld on 15 Sep 2009 02:46 sara li wrote: > Owen Holm wrote: >> In article <4AAEE153.7040609(a)nomail.org>, nomail(a)nomail.org says... >>> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> sara li <nomail(a)nomail.org> wrote in >>>> news:8Mzrm.16938$IG7.8139(a)en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com: >>>>> Hey Bear, >>>>> I just tried Fences and I like the way it works but like the OP I also >>>>> want to do this sort of thing inside a folder. >>>>> >>>>> On my desktop I only have about 10 icons, one of them is called >>>>> "More Icons" where I keep all my goodies. I keep this folder with >>>>> an Icon >>>>> view but it's a pain keeping the icons for the same type programs >>>>> grouped together. A program like Fences but for use inside folders >> >>> Free Commander is so important that I start that beautiful program >>> automatically with Windows!!! As for the others, tried the sub-folder >>> thing but it doesn't work. Sub-folders keep things hidden and make >>> them too hard to find, or I must create folders for only one or two >>> items which is a waste of space and time. For example, why have a >>> sub-folder for AntiVirus with just a single AVG icon in it? >>> >>> Sometimes Yankee Clipper and WordWeb don't start as they should so I >>> want quick access to them, but how do I classify that folder? If I had >> >> Not sure how this would work for you, but have you thought about a >> program that has several desk tops about 4 I think and have 1 desktop >> as the main one and the rest you could have say 1 for office type of >> programs and another for tools and another for art or what ever you >> would like to call them and have the icons for the those programs on >> that desktop. >> I can't remember the name of the program but someone reading this may. >> regards >> oldfart > > Thanks for your idea but I just figured out exactly what I wanted to do > using Fences. My whole purpose is to keep the desktop free of icons so I > can enjoy the wallpaper. Fences lets you do that by hiding all (or as > many as you want) of the icons. Just a double click on the desktop to > hide or show icons. In fact I'm not even "fencing" any of the icons at > all, just hiding/unhiding them. Awesome program! Dexpot will allow you to create alternate desktops and call them up individually at will. http://www.dexpot.de/ I have it installed and have haven't explored it adequately yet. I created six desktops and made each one of them a different color so that I always know which one I'm in. For myself, I've got way too many icons on the desktop. What I want to do is to hide all the ones that I don't need to do my routine tasks. But I want to have one for utilities. This is useful, for example, when dealing with nasty Windows problems--things like tracking down spyware, configuration problems, registry trash, etc. Check it out and please tell us how you're getting on with it. Richard
From: Peter Seiler on 15 Sep 2009 13:14
Bear Bottoms - 15.09.2009 12:13 : > Owen Holm <oldfart464(a)bigpond.com> wrote in > news:MPG.2519ac2b62c3b048989680(a)news.bigpond.com: > >> In article <4AAEE153.7040609(a)nomail.org>, nomail(a)nomail.org says... >>> Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>> sara li <nomail(a)nomail.org> wrote in >>>> news:8Mzrm.16938$IG7.8139(a)en-nntp-01.dc1.easynews.com: >>>> >>>>> Hey Bear, >>>>> I just tried Fences and I like the way it works but like the OP I >>>>> also want to do this sort of thing inside a folder. >>>>> >>>>> On my desktop I only have about 10 icons, one of them is called >>>>> "More Icons" where I keep all my goodies. I keep this folder with >>>>> an Icon view but it's a pain keeping the icons for the same type >>>>> programs grouped together. A program like Fences but for use >>>>> inside folders >>> Free Commander is so important that I start that beautiful program >>> automatically with Windows!!! As for the others, tried the sub-folder >>> thing but it doesn't work. Sub-folders keep things hidden and make >>> them too hard to find, or I must create folders for only one or two >>> items which is a waste of space and time. For example, why have a >>> sub-folder for AntiVirus with just a single AVG icon in it? >>> >>> Sometimes Yankee Clipper and WordWeb don't start as they should so I >>> want quick access to them, but how do I classify that folder? If I >>> had >> Not sure how this would work for you, but have you thought about a >> program that has several desk tops about 4 I think and have 1 desktop >> as the main one and the rest you could have say 1 for office type of >> programs and another for tools and another for art or what ever you >> would like to call them and have the icons for the those programs on >> that desktop. >> I can't remember the name of the program but someone reading this may. >> regards >> oldfart >> > > dexpot > ;-) -- by(e) PS (no PM-address) |