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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fineus on February 14, 2004, 12:11:02 pm

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Fineus on February 14, 2004, 12:11:02 pm

Hey all, lets say I wanted to remove the recycle bin icon from the desktop (which I do)... how can I do it? It's not in the standard options along with My Computer, My Documents and so on...

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Odyssey on February 14, 2004, 12:47:56 pm

[color=cc9900]This help?
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1372.aspx[/color]

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: adwight on February 14, 2004, 12:49:03 pm

umm right click on recycle bin and delete??? after all it is just a shortcut.

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: aldo_14 on February 14, 2004, 12:55:59 pm

Quote

Originally posted by adwight
umm right click on recycle bin and delete??? after all it is just a shortcut.

You can't... possibly because it's the only shortcut(?)

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Fineus on February 14, 2004, 01:24:02 pm

Quote

Originally posted by Odyssey
[color=cc9900]This help?
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak1372.aspx[/color]

It worked perfectly, thanks very much :)

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Odyssey on February 14, 2004, 01:50:29 pm

[color=cc9900]You're welcome.[/color]

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Liberator on February 14, 2004, 02:02:10 pm

Or, you could use Litestep (http://www.litestep.net)

It requires a registration, but it's free, has a much smaller memory footprint than Explorer, and many of it's themes remove the Icons from the desktop.  

That said you may want to playwith it first on a secondary machine, as it uses some scripting to arrange everything and sometimes themes don't install themselves correctly.

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Kamikaze on February 14, 2004, 03:13:10 pm

Doesn't WinXP have a "hide desktop icons" option like Win2k?

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Liberator on February 14, 2004, 04:39:29 pm

Technically, even Win98 can "Hide Icons when viewing Desktop as a webpage."  It's an option for the active desktop.

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Mr.Garibaldi on February 14, 2004, 08:13:29 pm

but the desktop is there for icons... i myself take pride in my mess of a desktop!

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Liberator on February 14, 2004, 10:23:35 pm

Ah, Mr. Garibaldi, let be the first to shoot you

:welcome:

Most everyone around here is pretty nice, there's a few notable exceptions.  There are flamethrowers under the seats and a weapons locker up front, unfortunately Shrike's the only one with a key.  Careful around the air vents as Carl likes to wander around in there.  And, if you see a thread about FS3, whatever you do, DON'T ASK WHEN IT"S COMING OUT!  Read Karajorma's FAQ and teh Wiki(if your brave).  Special points of interest include the SCP forum and the Inferno forum.  Again, welcome and happy posting.

Title: Icon-less desktop?
Post by: Mr.Garibaldi on February 15, 2004, 10:48:44 am

haha thanks for the welcome! I've been a HUGE FS fan since the beginning... I def was on the pre-order list for FS, FS-ST, and FS2.  I'm suprised it took me this long to find out about Hard Light!  I just wish I had the time to learn how to mod so I could help the numerous projects running here.  And honestly I consider all of the SCP works to be a virtual F$3, so in that arena, I am satisfied.  Look forward to many future postings!