Is there a way for me to disable the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard" from
appearing on my screen and prompting me about unused program icons on
my desktop?

I am perfectly aware that I can delete any desktop icons any time I
wish. I don't need this annoying pop-up to remind me.

Musawwir Spiegel
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[I accidentally posted this message before signing it]

I posted this question after having searched the Knowledge Base for
the expression "cleanup". For the Microsoft product, I chose "Windows
XP Service Pack 2", which is the OS I am running. When I saw no
result that was pertinent, I posted this message to the newsgroup.

Then, as an afterthought, I did the same search, but for the product,
I chose "Windows XP". That led me to find Article ID : 320154 - "HOW
TO: Disable the Automatic Desktop Cleanup Feature in Windows XP".
That article answered my question.

It seems pretty stupid to me that Microsoft would have a separate
product choice on the Knowledge Base for Windows XP Service Pack 2
that would not include entries pertinent to the originally issued
version of XP, since they apply to anybody using Service Pack 2
(presumably almost everybody running XP) as well.

Musawwir Spiegel





Musawwir Spiegel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Is there a way for me to disable the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard" from
>appearing on my screen and prompting me about unused program icons on
>my desktop?
>
>I am perfectly aware that I can delete any desktop icons any time I
>wish. I don't need this annoying pop-up to remind me.
>
>Musawwir Spiegel
>(E-Mail Removed)
>
>[I accidentally posted this message before signing it]

LOL, Robear. Good one!

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Musawwir Spiegel wrote:
> I posted this question after having searched the Knowledge Base for
> the expression "cleanup". For the Microsoft product, I chose "Windows
> XP Service Pack 2", which is the OS I am running. When I saw no
> result that was pertinent, I posted this message to the newsgroup.
>
> Then, as an afterthought, I did the same search, but for the product,
> I chose "Windows XP". That led me to find Article ID : 320154 - "HOW
> TO: Disable the Automatic Desktop Cleanup Feature in Windows XP".
> That article answered my question.
> <snip>
>> Is there a way for me to disable the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard" from
>> appearing on my screen and prompting me about unused program icons on
>> my desktop?

Hey, what's the acceptable practice in MS newsgroups when it comes to
posting pictures and/or attachments? I thought that it was not a good thing
to do. Only asking because, at times, I really wanted to post a picture that
illustrates my question.



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Musawwir Spiegel wrote:
> I posted this question after having searched the Knowledge Base for
> the expression "cleanup". For the Microsoft product, I chose "Windows
> XP Service Pack 2", which is the OS I am running. When I saw no
> result that was pertinent, I posted this message to the newsgroup.
>
> Then, as an afterthought, I did the same search, but for the product,
> I chose "Windows XP". That led me to find Article ID : 320154 - "HOW
> TO: Disable the Automatic Desktop Cleanup Feature in Windows XP".
> That article answered my question.
> <snip>
>> Is there a way for me to disable the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard" from
>> appearing on my screen and prompting me about unused program icons on
>> my desktop?

MS Communities Rules of Conduct
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...t/default.mspx

The newsserver will not accept messages larger than 100KB.
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darkrats wrote:
> Hey, what's the acceptable practice in MS newsgroups when it comes to
> posting pictures and/or attachments? I thought that it was not a good
> thing
> to do. Only asking because, at times, I really wanted to post a picture
> that
> illustrates my question.
>
>
>
> "PA Bear" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> [image]
>
> Musawwir Spiegel wrote:
>> I posted this question after having searched the Knowledge Base for
>> the expression "cleanup". For the Microsoft product, I chose "Windows
>> XP Service Pack 2", which is the OS I am running. When I saw no
>> result that was pertinent, I posted this message to the newsgroup.
>>
>> Then, as an afterthought, I did the same search, but for the product,
>> I chose "Windows XP". That led me to find Article ID : 320154 - "HOW
>> TO: Disable the Automatic Desktop Cleanup Feature in Windows XP".
>> That article answered my question.
>> <snip>
>>> Is there a way for me to disable the "Desktop Cleanup Wizard" from
>>> appearing on my screen and prompting me about unused program icons on
>>> my desktop?

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:55:09 -0600, "darkrats" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Hey, what's the acceptable practice in MS newsgroups when it comes to
> posting pictures and/or attachments? I thought that it was not a good thing
> to do. Only asking because, at times, I really wanted to post a picture that
> illustrates my question.


Regardless of what the rules may be, or what anyone considers
acceptable practice, because of the risk involved with opening
attachments received from strangers, most of us in the newsgroups
(Microsoft or any other) will not open attachments if posted here. I
won't, for example, and my advice to others is that they do not
either.

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