I need my current icons to be a list on my desktop not icons... any ideas?

PJ wrote:
> I need my current icons to be a list on my desktop not icons... any ideas?

Rephrase the question please. It isn't clear what you'd like to do.

Thanks,


Malke
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on my desktop i have icons representing files. in my folders i have "list"
view of files in the folder... my desktop is becoming full of icons and i can
increase the number of items on my desktop if i make them lists view of files

"Malke" wrote:

> PJ wrote:
> > I need my current icons to be a list on my desktop not icons... any ideas?
>
> Rephrase the question please. It isn't clear what you'd like to do.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

PJ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>on my desktop i have icons representing files. in my folders i have "list"
>view of files in the folder... my desktop is becoming full of icons and i can
>increase the number of items on my desktop if i make them lists view of files

I don't think you can do that on the desktop. What you can do is
create folders (right-click|New|Folder) on the desktop and organize
your icons into them.

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Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 11:40:01 -0800, PJ <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> on my desktop i have icons representing files. in my folders i have "list"
> view of files in the folder... my desktop is becoming full of icons and i can
> increase the number of items on my desktop if i make them lists view of files


As far as I know, there's no way to directly do what you want. However
if your desktop is full of icons, you should probably reduce their
number. You can do that in two ways:

1. Simply remove the icons you use only seldom. You can still get to
the programs these are shortcuts to from Start | Programs.

2. Consider grouping similar icons in folders on the desktop. For
example, create a folder called Games, and put it (or a shortcut to
it) on the desktop. If you then move the shortcuts for all your games
from the desktop to this folder, you will have fewer icons on the
desktop.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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