Animated/Interactive Desktop Icons


  1. bonoz
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    Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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    Animated/Interactive Desktop Icons


    Hi guys,

    I like keeping just a few icons on my desktop to maintain minimalism. I'm looking for a way to make those icons animated/interactive so that when my mouse floats over them, it opens a 'balloon' which shows other folders/files within that folder. This will lead to increased visibility of nested contents and allow easier access with fewer clicks.

    Is this possible?

    Thanks
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  3. A Guy
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    Windows 10 Home x64
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    Welcome back bonoz Someone might come up with something, but I'll offer some alternatives.

    First is Quick Launch, which can accomplish what you want on the taskbar

    Quick Launch - Enable or Disable

    To take that a bit further, there is the free 7Stacks

    Announcing: 7stacks - stacks for 7 (freeware)

    7stacks | Alastria Software

    You might also consider either Objectdock or Rocket Dock, both of which are capable of "stacks"

    Rocketdock & Object dock

    About RocketDock - RocketDock.com

    Objectdock is no longer free, it is $4.99 now There are still downloads of the last freeware version online

    Download ObjectDock v2.0 (freeware) - AfterDawn: Software downloads

    I personally use Objectdock, but many use Rocketdock, and there are many themes/icons available. I have not used desktop icons since I started using a dock. A Guy
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