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Show or Hide Desktop Icons
Want to hide all of your desktop icons maybe to view something in your desktop background or did you accidentally make them disappear and don't know how to bring them back?
To Hide Desktop Icons:
1. Right-click on the desktop, then select Arrange Icons By.
2. Uncheck by clicking Show Desktop Icons.
Abracadabra! Watch them magically vanish before your very eyes. Don't panic. You can bring them back by doing the opposite.
To Show Desktop Icons:
1. Right-click on the desktop, the select Arrange Icons By.
2. Check by clicking Show Desktop Icons.
Whew! They're back. I use this sometimes when I want to view all of my desktop background or if I don't want someone in my household to accidentally mess up the way I have my icons arranged.
To Hide Desktop Icons:
1. Right-click on the desktop, then select Arrange Icons By.
2. Uncheck by clicking Show Desktop Icons.
Abracadabra! Watch them magically vanish before your very eyes. Don't panic. You can bring them back by doing the opposite.
To Show Desktop Icons:
1. Right-click on the desktop, the select Arrange Icons By.
2. Check by clicking Show Desktop Icons.
Whew! They're back. I use this sometimes when I want to view all of my desktop background or if I don't want someone in my household to accidentally mess up the way I have my icons arranged.
Defragmenting
Defragment or defrag is a computer term meaning something sort of like putting the pieces of the puzzle back together again.
What happens over time, when deleting files, moving files, uninstalling and installing programs, as well as many other reasons, your hard drive gets fragmented. This means that pieces of your files have been split up or scattered over the hard drive taking it longer to search for and execute the complete files.
Watch the video below which shows you how to defrag your hard drive. And be patient, some hard drives, depending on the size may take hours. A good time to run it would be at night before you go to bed or any other time you wouldn't use your computer for a long period of time.
For an alternative disk defragment program which I think did a better job for my system than what comes with Windows is AusLogics Disk Defrag and is totally free.
What happens over time, when deleting files, moving files, uninstalling and installing programs, as well as many other reasons, your hard drive gets fragmented. This means that pieces of your files have been split up or scattered over the hard drive taking it longer to search for and execute the complete files.
Watch the video below which shows you how to defrag your hard drive. And be patient, some hard drives, depending on the size may take hours. A good time to run it would be at night before you go to bed or any other time you wouldn't use your computer for a long period of time.
For an alternative disk defragment program which I think did a better job for my system than what comes with Windows is AusLogics Disk Defrag and is totally free.
Desktop Clutter
Is your desktop getting so cluttered with icons that you just seem to not be able to find anything on there anymore? Getting frustrated with the mess? Well I have a solution. Get organized. What I mean is, create folders on your desktop in specific categories. Here's an example, if you have a lot of unused desktop icons on your screen, here are the steps to create that folder.
1. Right click on a blank space on the screen above the taskbar.
2. Scroll down to New and go right and left click on Folder.
You should now have a folder on the desktop labeled New Folder. See, that was easy wasn't it? Now you can hold down the left click on your mouse on whatever icon and/or icons you want to clean off your desktop and drag them to the New Folder icon you just created. See? Gone. If you want to get to those icons you just put in there, you will now have to double click on the New Folder icon to get to them.
If you need to rename the New Folder icon to a different name, then do these steps.
1. Right click on New folder icon.
2. Scroll down and left click on Rename.
3. Then type in whatever you wish and hit the Enter key.
You're all done. If you want to add more icons to your desktop, then go back to the beginning steps and do it all over again. Hope this was helpful.
1. Right click on a blank space on the screen above the taskbar.
2. Scroll down to New and go right and left click on Folder.
You should now have a folder on the desktop labeled New Folder. See, that was easy wasn't it? Now you can hold down the left click on your mouse on whatever icon and/or icons you want to clean off your desktop and drag them to the New Folder icon you just created. See? Gone. If you want to get to those icons you just put in there, you will now have to double click on the New Folder icon to get to them.
If you need to rename the New Folder icon to a different name, then do these steps.
1. Right click on New folder icon.
2. Scroll down and left click on Rename.
3. Then type in whatever you wish and hit the Enter key.
You're all done. If you want to add more icons to your desktop, then go back to the beginning steps and do it all over again. Hope this was helpful.
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