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Poll: How many shortcuts and files are on the desktop of your main work computer?
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Philippe Etienne
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Spain
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English to French
40 Mar 20, 2019

And the funny thing is that I don't use the Desktop at all. Apart from the background image, my Desktop is a sort of post-nuclear landfill.
I have a collapsible bar (Apple type) on top of my screen where I start programs from. Copernic to find files and the Windows Explorer to manage them. I never actually have to peel my screen down to the Desktop.

Philippe


Christopher Schröder
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 15:34
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Other Mar 20, 2019

I've 45 icons on my desktop and 267 file folders on my computer...

[Edited at 2019-03-20 09:20 GMT]


 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Other Mar 20, 2019

There are about 30 icons on my desktop. I only regularly use about a third of them. But it's not an issue.

There you go - I've just deleted three that I rarely or never use - is that better for you?



[Edited at 2019-03-20 09:03 GMT]


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Muriel Vasconcellos
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United States
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17 links in the bottom tray Mar 20, 2019

I rarely see my desktop because I have so many files open at once, but the most important shortcuts are in the bottom tray. I'd have more, but they won't fit (i.e., they go into hiding and I have to remember to look for them).

 
Christine Andersen
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Denmark
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Over 50, carefullly arranged in columns and clusters Mar 20, 2019

Many of them are short cuts, but I have folders for all work in progress, until it is completed and invoiced, then I move it to a file called Færdig Arbejde. Literally Finished Work in Danish, but the expression has a triumphant ring to it in Danish, Job done, crossed of the list etc.
Of course, I have a short cut to the current Færdig Arbejde. folders from my desktop. I start a new one each year, and have subfolders for regular clients for each month.

Then the
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Many of them are short cuts, but I have folders for all work in progress, until it is completed and invoiced, then I move it to a file called Færdig Arbejde. Literally Finished Work in Danish, but the expression has a triumphant ring to it in Danish, Job done, crossed of the list etc.
Of course, I have a short cut to the current Færdig Arbejde. folders from my desktop. I start a new one each year, and have subfolders for regular clients for each month.

Then there are short cuts to Invoicing, my collections of terminology and abbreviations, CAT tool and database and so on...
Plus a private department with whatever I collect along the way, and a few family pictures for inspiration.

It drives me up the wall when Windows periodically arranges them - it has simply no idea of how they go logically in clusters and groups. I disable everything I can, but smart computers are just TOO smart for me!

[Edited at 2019-03-20 10:05 GMT]
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Christine Andersen
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Denmark
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Danish to English
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Sorry, repeat post - moderators please remove it! Mar 20, 2019



[Edited at 2019-03-20 10:06 GMT]


 
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
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Denmark
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62 Mar 20, 2019

But I never thought that was a lot.
I haven't placed all on purpose, some seem to have found their own way to my desktop.
- And if it is an app I use, even occasionally, I'll just leave them.

BTW: I use 3 monitors, and the icons are only on one of them.


 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
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Swedish to English
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I got 99 icons and ProZ ain't one Mar 20, 2019

Which got me wondering whether Jay-Z and ProZ might be distant cousins?

Kaisa I
 
Gibril Koroma
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Canada
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French to English
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Other Mar 20, 2019

Never counted them.

 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 16:34
English to German
One Mar 20, 2019

The Windows recycle bin. I don't think it can be removed from the desktop.

And a "wallpaper" image showing one of my two neighbours Willi and Willi, but I'm not sure which of the two it is (look closely):

WilliHornveilchen


 
DZiW (X)
DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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Five + Three specialized folders + A couple of interim drafts Mar 20, 2019

After using Mac, I used to play a little with an eye-candy Mac-like interface (UIXstyle + RocketDock + FolderChanger, etc) and several virtual desktops, but now I'm satisfied with a free tiny WinRoll for rolling up/down and windows transparency, plus a free tiny Everything for spotifying necessary files quickly.
I don't think it can be removed from the desktop
Why, Recycle Bin can be easily renamed or removed via a few clicks from the Desktop)


 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
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20 Mar 20, 2019

I'd like to have less... or none at all. For a while, I had none, with a folder fixed in the start-up tab with the main ones. But I found it's more practical to have the frequently used ones in the desktop. After all, Windows has that feature for a reason, and that reason is way more important than aesthetics, for sure.

 
Mario Freitas
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Remove it... Mar 20, 2019

Ricki Farn wrote:

The Windows recycle bin. I don't think it can be removed from the desktop.

And a "wallpaper" image showing one of my two neighbours Willi and Willi, but I'm not sure which of the two it is (look closely):


You can remove the recycle bin as well. In the control panel, there is a config where you chose which icons are visible or not, including the bin.

And by the way, that's Willi. I know them, too.

[Edited at 2019-03-20 22:20 GMT]


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Philip Lees
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Greece
Local time: 17:34
Greek to English
Veering off topic Mar 21, 2019

Christine Andersen wrote:
It drives me up the wall when Windows periodically arranges them - it has simply no idea of how they go logically in clusters and groups. I disable everything I can, but smart computers are just TOO smart for me!

[Edited at 2019-03-20 10:05 GMT]


Yes, finding an old link after Windows has rearranged the desktop a few times can be tiresome. Since Windows 7, Windows doesn't even handle windows properly any more - they pop up at all kinds of odd positions on the screen.

And now and again, Firefox shuffles all the bookmarks on my toolbar ...

Sigh.


 
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