hiding desktop items

[droidus]

is there a program to toggle the items on a desktop?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Right click on open space on your desktop, view, and Uncheck show desktop items.
This will hide all program icons on your desktop.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3659-desktop-icons-hide-show.html

Hope this is what you were looking for.
THW

 

[boohbah]

you want stardock fences, the new version is no longer free, so you need version 1.

there is a link for it halfway down this page...

Stardock Fences No longer Free, Do You Purchase Fences 2.0?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

you want stardock fences, the new version is no longer free, so you need version 1.

there is a link for it halfway down this page...

Stardock Fences No longer Free, Do You Purchase Fences 2.0?

Boo,
I must be getting old and senile in my old age as I can't see where his thread "Hiding Desktop items has any relation to Stardock fences!

I must update and increase dosage of my meds if this is what he was looking for!(d)(d)

 

[boohbah]

i assumed toggling the items on a desktop to mean can he show or hide the shortcuts etc ,which is what fences does.
i shouldnt worry about the meds dennis its too late for you now

 

[droidus]

Right click on open space on your desktop, view, and Uncheck show desktop items.
This will hide all program icons on your desktop.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3659-desktop-icons-hide-show.html

Hope this is what you were looking for.
THW

thanks a bunch! never knew that, and the link is cool!
and didn't think of ever creating a .bat file just for this... cool!!

only thing... when you hide all, you hide the unhide .bat. i can't add the .bats to the taskbar. is there a way to pin this somehow?
also, just for kicks, can you change the icon of the icon?

 

[The Howling Wolves]

When you right click on open space on desktop there is an item called properties usually at the bottom of the list.
Click on properties and there will be a tab called shortcut where you will see change icon.

There also is a selection where you can pin to taskbar or pin to start menu when you right click on open space.
Let me know if this is what you are looking for.
THW

 

[droidus]

did you mean right-click on the files? i don't see a shortcut tab.

 

[RoasterMen]

you want stardock fences, the new version is no longer free, so you need version 1.

there is a link for it halfway down this page...

Stardock Fences No longer Free, Do You Purchase Fences 2.0?

A cleaner desktop owns, I used Stardock once and deleted it after 2 days lol

 

[The Howling Wolves]

did you mean right-click on the files? i don't see a shortcut tab.

Right click on the open space on your desktop not your files.

 

[droidus]

did you mean right-click on the files? i don't see a shortcut tab.

Right click on the open space on your desktop not your files.

i only see graphic properties. other than that, there is screen resolution, graphics, refresh.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Sorry,
Right click on icon you want to change... there you can pin to taskbar or start menu or go to properties where you will see
the shortcut tab already opened and below that is where you can change the icon.
Post back if this has helped.
THW

 

[jackwhite]

is there a program to toggle the items on a desktop?

There are quite a few,none of which I have tried bar trimdesk (the free version).It's very nice -toggle icons on and off, as well as taskbar,background and gadgets.