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Kari, I think you are hiding the file, not the shortcut on the desktop.
Make icon invisible
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I don't seem to be able to wrap my head around this whole thing and get the point of the action. Why don't you just put all the shortcuts, you don't want on your screen, into the Quick Launch Bar. The Keyboard shortcuts should still work no matter if the bar is shown or not
Quick Launch - Enable or Disable
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No, Wolfgang. OP asks how to make an icon invisible . I did tell how in my post. The screenshot is from shortcut.
Using file properties, you can hide (= make invisible) any shortcut icon, file or folder. I do not believe he has copied the programs on desktop, rather that he has shortcuts to them.
Kari
EDIT: Let's try once again.
If I understand OP correctly, he wants to make a shortcut icon on desktop invisible, and open the program that icon opens with a keyboard shortcut.
This solution, as told in my previous post, is the easiest and simplest. It works with every type of shortcut icon whether it is a shortcut to a program or folder:
Right click the shortcut icon. Choose Properties from context menu. Click Shortcut tab, click inside Shortcut text field and assign a keyboard shortcut by pressing a shortcut key of your choice. Click General tab, select Hide, click OK.
The shortcut icon is now invisible (hidden) as OP wanted, and can be run with assigned keyboard shortcut.Last edited by Kari; 08 Jan 2011 at 10:42.
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New #14
All solutions presented are viable, IMO. What works best for me is a combination of what Kari, Mike Conner & whs have suggested, with a twist.
- My desktop icons are generally hidden via right click/View/Show icons (but I have the Desktop toolbar showing in the Taskbar)
- I have a folder called Desktop Shortcuts in my Start Menu folder, (which contain shortcuts to the programs I use most). I have created hotkeys in all of these shortcuts' properties.
Also, I keep a current copy of the Desktop Shortcuts folder on a different partition, always ready when needed after a new install (or reinstall) on any machine.
James
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Sorry Kari, but it just does not want to work. I even clicked "Apply" - but the shortcut kept being visible. I also tried it on a file (new folder on desktop). That did nothing either. maybe my system is haunted.
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Whs, I can just say it works without a single problem on all my rigs. Assign a keyboard shortcut, hide the icon and that's it.
Did you refresh the desktop after hiding the icon? Check folder options so that Show hidden files and folders is not enabled.
Kari
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Yep, more or less what I do as well, although I only really use the desktop folder as a sort of glorified drop box for stuff like screenshots etc.
As you can see here, the desktop on the screen is "empty", and I have a folder where I can do whatever I want with the contents;
Most people find some particular way of working which suits them, and then stick to it. Can be quite difficult to acquire new habits when one wants to do something else.
Regards....Mike Connor
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