ProblemYou want to clean out all of your unused desktop icons automatically. SolutionUsing a graphical user interface
Using the RegistryRun the Registry Editor and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz. Double-click the NoRun DWORD value, and edit its value to 0. Exit the Registry. The wizard will now run automatically every 60 days. If you want to change the interval at which it automatically cleans your desktop, double-click the Days between clean up DWORD value. Click Decimal, enter a number, click OK, and exit the Registry. The number will be the number of days between automated cleanups. DiscussionWhy clean out your desktop icons? Because your desktop can easily become cluttered with icons that you rarely, if ever use. That clutter means that it will be more difficult for you to find icons to programs that you want to use. You can always clean them out automatically by deleting each one, but that can be a time-consuming process, so the automated clean-up procedure can be a better way to go. See AlsoRecipe 5.1 if you want to delete icons that apparently can't be deleted and Recipe 5.2 to change desktop icons that appear unchangeable |