As they all say (with the possible exception of Muddle), CLEAN UP THAT
DESKTOP. Either create folders or shortcuts to folders on the Desktop of
various categories. Then, R-Drag/Drop the clutter into them. The
advantage of creating a shortcut to a folder (instead of the folder
itself) is that anything Drag/Dropped into the shortcut ends up TRULY
OFF the Desktop (instead of in a subfolder of it, namely
C:\Windows\Desktop).

Here are articles about Desktop problems...

(1) Have you changed the grid-- Icon Spacing horizontal/vertical-- in
"Control Panel, Display, Appearance tab, Item dropdown menu"? For a
1024x768 screen, mine are...

Horizontal... 62.
Vertical....... 56.

Fool with those values at your own peril. You may end up with invisible
icons!

(2) Have you got too many icons for Auto Arrange to handle? Then one of
the following articles has a solution-- make folders for them.

(3) I guess read these articles, from...
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...dv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
Search "arrange icons auto arrange"; Windows 98; Weighted; Full Text;
All Words; Anytime...

• How to Recover Icons Accidentally Removed from the Desktop
(279109) - When you move a group of desktop icons, you may remove some
of the icons from the visible desktop. To view the missing icons again,
follow these steps: Right-click a blank portion of the desktop.Click
Arrange Icons, and then click Auto...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279109

• How to Arrange or Move Icons on the Desktop
(289587) - This article describes how to arrange, move, and change icons
on the desktop. How to Arrange or Move Icons To arrange icons by name,
type, date, or size, right-click a blank area on the desktop, and then
click Arrange Icons . Click the command...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;289587

• Icons Disappear or You Cannot Move Icons on the Desktop
(137069) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you add a new
icon to the desktop, the icon may seem to disappear if the desktop
already has a large number of icons. Although you cannot see the icon,
you can find it using the Find tool, and it...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;137069

• Desktop Icons May Be Displayed Incorrectly When You Change Display
Settings
(262885) - When you change your display settings to high contrast by
using the Accessibility Options tool in Control Panel, the desktop icons
may be displayed close together or on top of each other. This behavior
can occur if vertical icon spacing is set to...
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;262885


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"jane" wrote in message
...
| Hello all,,
| Going to go deep into a computers ability regarding the 'desktop'
| and its capabilities.
| How much information and how many icons can a desktop cope
| with?
| How close together can they be? (this includes the fact that
descriptions of
| the icons are attached to the icons themselves)
|
| Can this cause a desktop to not function properly and constantly
| require 'refreshes'?
|
| Is there a minimum or maximum ' information per square inch ' that
desktop
| can cope with before being thrown into disarray'?
| (when I say 'info per square inch', i am only trying to make a point,
not a
| measurement)
|
| I have been trying to mentally picture it as a blank piece of paper
and what
| actually happens when the paper is filled to capacity.
| On a piece of paper there simply is no more room and hence if you add
any
| more ink or pencil it will encroach on what is already there
| and hence spoil things.
|
| I say this as I constantly have a desktop choc-a-block full of icons
leading
| to utilities and programs; I also have many many notepad texts which
I
| copy and save and place there for reading when I get time. (90% of
which
| are copies of posts to this group)
| My desktop is playing up at the moment and I do not believe it is my
video
| card, I believe I have crammed too much on the desktop area.
| Anyway, is there some sort of 'conversion table' or 'method' of
knowing how
| much a desktop can cope with and just when it is full?
| (I also constantly rename shortcuts to smaller texts just so they
fit).
|
| Just a curio.
|
| thanks
|
| regards Jane
|
|