Is this possible todo to the win2k desktop?
 

Is there anyway to set the view of the desktop icons into a list? Same thing that you can do to regular directories by hitting View -> List in the menu.

as far as i am aware you cant, i dont really see why you would want to, there is plenty of space on the desktop anyway. the best you can do is reduce icon size to 16px. i only have 2 icons on the desktop anyway so i guess this isnt an issue for me.

of course you could just open up an explorer window if you wanted to work with the desktop contents in list view

i have desktop icons hidden, and a "desktop" toolbar on the taskbar, with an arrow and i click the arrow and it lists everything on my desktop.....

desktop has been icon free for about 2 years and I absolutely love it!:thumbsup

I had looked into this before, I couldnt find a way. maybe someone else knows how

open "My Computer", go to the toolbar and click the up button (to go to the next folder up) that should list the contents of your desktop. Hit F11 if you want it full screen.

:)

ya, thats the whole point. I have waay too many icons and this would be perfect. mind telling me how?

Just delete all the crap on it. Sometimes when I get lazy I just make a folder called "Old Desktop" or something and move everything into it incase I need it.

Or I think you can right click the desktop and go to properties.. I think it's in the effects tab or something... "Hide desktop icons"... something like that.

...or install linux. It won't help with this particular issue... but it will prevent future ones.

i dont remember if this works with win2000, but it should.

right click on the desktop, arrange icons by, uncheck the "show desktop icons" - might be a little different in 2000.

then on the taskbar, right click and choose "toolbars/desktop"


hope this helps :thumbsup