win xp icons

Right-click the Desktop, click "Arrange icons by", then uncheck "Align to
grid" and "auto arrange." Then arrange the icons manually.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"sanjay" <sanjay.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:25697EC1-6D23-4BEC-9527-CD95B8B7C49F@microsoft.com...
> hi,
>
> i have too many icons on my win xp screen. is there a way to condense them
> to fit all on the screen, without changing the screen resoution.
>
> thanks,
>
> sanjay mehta

What you need to do is:

1. Right-Click the Desktop and select Properties.
2. Select the Appearance tab.
3. Click the Advanced button.
4. Click the down arrow and select Icon.
5. Change the size to either 48, 32, 24, 16 or anything you want.
6. Press F5 to refresh the desktop.
You may need to Logoff for the changes to take effect.


Another way to clean the Desktop is to make a custom shortcut menu:

1. Create a new folder at the root drive, for example: C:\Menu.
2. Right-Click & Drag any folder or program to this new folder, release and
select "Create Shortcut Here".
3. Copy or move any Shortcut you want here.
4. Right-click the Desktop bottom Taskbar, select Toolbars, New Toolbar and
select your custom folder.
5. Now you have a compact one-click shortcut menu!
6. Repeat from step 1 if you want another shortcut menu.

Help me, help others. ju.c.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Right-click the Desktop, click "Arrange icons by", then uncheck "Align to
> grid" and "auto arrange." Then arrange the icons manually.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "sanjay" <sanjay.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:25697EC1-6D23-4BEC-9527-CD95B8B7C49F@microsoft.com...
> > hi,
> >
> > i have too many icons on my win xp screen. is there a way to condense them
> > to fit all on the screen, without changing the screen resoution.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > sanjay mehta
>
>
>

sanjay wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have too many icons on my win xp screen. is there a way to condense
> them to fit all on the screen, without changing the screen resoution.
>
> thanks,
>
> sanjay mehta

Get WinExt. Free.

=?Utf-8?B?c2FuamF5?= <sanjay DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:25697EC1-6D23-4BEC-9527-CD95B8B7C49F@microsoft.com:

> hi,
>
> i have too many icons on my win xp screen. is there a way to condense them
> to fit all on the screen, without changing the screen resoution.
>
> thanks,
>
> sanjay mehta
>

Easiest way would be to simply create a new folder on your desktop and put
some in there.

Alex