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tomcom:

I'm one of those types that hates desktop icons & hide them 98% of the time.
I can go through the right click exercise,(I have XP),and do the hide/show
icon dance easy enough but I would love to have some silly little applet that
could live in quick launch or better yet in the system tray that would hide &
seek my desktop icons with the push of a button. (Yes I know I want instant
gratification!) Windows+D is fine for showing & hiding the desktop but I'm
looking for something like that for desktop icons. Maybe just a custom keyboard command/short cut or something.
I guess this post is really a suggestion for one of you slick coder guys to
come up with something,or maybe just tell me how to do it myself.
anyone?
Buehler? Ferris Buehler?
anyone?
tom? :tellme:

KynloStephen66515:

I'm one of those types that hates desktop icons & hide them 98% of the time.
I can go through the right click exercise,(I have XP),and do the hide/show
icon dance easy enough but I would love to have some silly little applet that
could live in quick launch or better yet in the system tray that would hide &
seek my desktop icons with the push of a button. (Yes I know I want instant
gratification!) Windows+D is fine for showing & hiding the desktop but I'm
looking for something like that for desktop icons. Maybe just a custom keyboard command/short cut or something.
I guess this post is really a suggestion for one of you slick coder guys to
come up with something,or maybe just tell me how to do it myself.
anyone?
Buehler? Ferris Buehler?
anyone?
tom? :tellme:
-tomcom (February 22, 2010, 04:01 PM)
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Firstly, Welcome, Secondly, if you need something like that coding, you will get a better responce posting in the Coding Snacks section  :Thmbsup:

MilesAhead:
I came to the conclusion that desktop icons are more hassle than they're worth.  The only time I have a desktop icon is if I do a deskCut in my browser.  It exists just long enough for me to drag it over the Lan.  Then I delete it.

What I did instead was create a folder with subfolders for all my apps. Hide that folder in my Documents.  Then drag all the subcategory folders onto RocketDock and assign custom icons to the folders.

The attachment shows the custom subfolders outlined in RocketDock




But Stephen is right.  Try for a Coding Snack if you like. :)

skwire:
DeskSweeper will do what you want.  http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/

PhilB66:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2259.msg15421#msg15421

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