Solved Hide a folder icon on the desktop

[sanfranman]

Is there a way to hide or remove the desktop icon on a folder showing on the desktop so that the folder name only shows? I don't need to have the icons showing on the desktop , just the folder name.

I do not want this option anywhere other than the desktop.

Thanks

SFM

 

[MilesAhead]

I haven't found anything to do it. Closest I've come is selecting all desktop icons, then holding down Control while rotating the mouse wheel. You can make 'em small.

I think they are either hidden or showing. If hidden, you don't get the text either.
Other than hiding, the only "transparent" I found is to make the text background transparent. Not the folder image.

My solution to desktop icon hassles is not to have any icons on the desktop. Saves a lot of headaches.

 

[sanfranman]

Thanks, I have the same habit of almost never having any folders showing on my desktop either , but I need just this one on there temporarily.

I am surprised that so many users have their desktop cluttered with sometimes up to a hundred folder icons and files. What a mess!

I like everything nice and neat and organised

 

[MilesAhead]

On so many pages the instructions to download specify "save on your desktop" that I bet many users think it won't work if they put it in a folder instead.

The Start Menu is such a pita I think a lot of people got in the bad habit of dragging shortcuts onto the desktop to avoid the anguish. Now with all the free launchers there's no need for it.

 

[boohbah]

keep the folder in your users folder , create a shortcut for it and drag the shortcut to the start orb, this will pin it to the start menu. its only 2 clicks away then.

 

[sanfranman]

Thanks boohbah , that will do for what I need.

 

[boohbah]

no prob ,glad to help.

 

[MilesAhead]

Another approach is right click menu on Desktop:
How to Add Any Application to the Windows Desktop Right-Click Menu - How-To Geek

Before Vista you had to write a shell extension dll to get the desktop right click. Vista and later there's a registry key as shown in the article.

Also there are free menu programs where you control-right click or some other modified mouse click on Desktop to get a list of your favorites pop up right next to the mouse cursor. Most of them allow you to list 10 or a dozen applications/folders to launch with a mouse click. You should be able to find on AutoHotkey forum or a download site like Softpedia.