Right click on the icon whose text you want to delete. You’re not going to believe the solution to this one. For the obvious icons, I got rid of the text. But for others, like Dropbox or the recycle bin, the text just clutters stuff up. Text is nice to have for some icons, like files and folders. Click on “DesktopOK” then under “Sprache,” to select English, or another language of your choosing. If my icons get moved, I can right click on the DesktopOK icon in my taskbar, and choose the resolution I want my icons to restore to.ĭesktopOK initially runs in German.
It keeps track of where my icons are for each screen resolution.
After doing much reading, I opted for a little free program called DesktopOK. Before it was a minor annoyance, but with the bookshelves it’s a bigger hassle. Now arrange them however you’d like.īecause I move from my laptop to monitors at home and monitors in my office, my screen resolution often changes, and the icons get moved around. Under “View,” make sure “Auto arrange icons” and “Align icons to grid” are unchecked. Then go to your desktop, right click on any empty space. Right click on it and select “Set as Desktop Background.” (Thanks to Digital Inspiration for the suggestion of putting the computer and recycling bin with the desk.) I changed my desktop wallpaper to this minimalist image of a desk and bookcase, then arranged my icons on the bookcase. Is your computer desktop cluttered with icons? Having trouble sorting through them? I recently read one of those blog posts ( Digital Inspiration) that makes you go, “I can’t believe that never occurred to me.”