Desktop Icons without text

[sergiogarcia9]

Maybe this is a stupid question but How do you make icons without the text under it, so its just an icon?

Thanks on Advance - Sergio

 

[slyr114]

did u try and delete the name and just press space so technicaly there is still sometihng there but looks invisible or there is this one thing u can do by holding some key combo down and it hides it but i forget sorry

 

[sergiogarcia9]

yes i tried that, i didnt work but thanks for the advice

 

[Brink]

Hello Sergio,

These may help with this.

Desktop Icon Text - Hide or Show - Vista Forums

and

Folder Window Icon Text - Hide or Show File Names - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[sergiogarcia9]

it worked! Thanks for the help shawn

 

[Brink]

You're welcome Sergio. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted.

 

[Californian]

This doesn't work for me

Whenever I type in the 255, it comes up with an exclamation point! I'm running Windows 7 RC, 64-bit. Any ideas?
Edit: Yes, I am using the numpad.

 

[kintomaniac]

Whenever I type in the 255, it comes up with an exclamation point! I'm running Windows 7 RC, 64-bit. Any ideas?
Edit: Yes, I am using the numpad.

try alt 0160

 

[Dinesh]

Right click the folder that you want to rename and then Press Alt+160 and press enter. For another icon, press Alt+160 twice. For the 3rd, you got the answer.

 

[Brink]

Whenever I type in the 255, it comes up with an exclamation point! I'm running Windows 7 RC, 64-bit. Any ideas?
Edit: Yes, I am using the numpad.

Strange, Alt+33 should be for the ! character. Did you press and hold the Alt key, or have NumLock turned on?

 

[Californian]

Ohhhh wait I think I might have figured out the problem! Would 033 be "NLL" on a laptop numpad? What letters would I press? I have my keyboard in Colemak, so I might just have to press the qwerty characters because the numbers are more deeply rooted than just a language layout.

 

[Brink]

Californian,

It should be the same, but you can try Alt+33 to see what character you get. You can also open Character Map, and click on the different characters to see what the Alt+(number pad #) is for it in the lower right corner, if available for it, to see one of them may work for you as well. Usually a underscore character may work as well to.

 

[garbanzo]

back in XP i used to make custom Shell Objects using an app called SCCU. you could even customize their context menus. i assume it will also work in Windows 7, but have not tried it.

tutorial:
Desktop Icons without Text - Neowin Forums

 

[Californian]

Oh thanks everyone! It works. I just tested out the keys in the character map and figured out which were the 2 and 5. Thanks a bunch!