{"id":18549,"date":"2020-01-18T12:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=18549"},"modified":"2020-01-18T12:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T17:17:23","slug":"how-to-clean-a-cluttered-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-clean-a-cluttered-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clean a Cluttered Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 27pt;\">How to Clean a Cluttered Desktop<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Are you one of those who have a beautiful desktop background with dozens of desktop icons and shortcuts cluttering up your view?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There&#8217;s a cure for messy desktops, you know. And you won&#8217;t lose any of your desktop icons or shortcuts. Impossible you say? Nope! We&#8217;re going to show you how to clean up desktop clutter without removing a single desktop icon or shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">1.) The messy desktop.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy.jpg\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" width=\"590\" height=\"333\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>2.)\u00a0 The cure for your messy desktop.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">a.) Right-click on an empty area on your desktop.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">b.) Click &#8220;View&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">c.) Uncheck &#8220;Show desktop icons&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">3.) The uncluttered desktop. Look ma! I can see my desktop wallpaper!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>4.) Getting your shortcuts and desktop icons back&#8230; sort of.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">a.) Right-click on your taskbar.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">b.) Click &#8220;Toolbars&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">c.) Select &#8220;Desktop&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy3.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">5.) All of your desktop icons and shortcuts are back&#8211; but not on your desktop.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">That&#8217;s right, every desktop icon and shortcut that was on your desktop is now available in a toolbar. Click on your new desktop toolbar icon (double right-arrows).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy4.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And voila! There are all your desktop shortcuts and icons in a list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2020\/messy5.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And should you ever want your messy desktop back again&#8230; no problem! Right-click an empty area of your desktop, click &#8220;View&#8221; and then check &#8220;Show desktop icons&#8221;. Your messy desktop is back again, just like you left it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Clean a Cluttered Desktop Are you one of those who have a beautiful desktop background with dozens of desktop icons and shortcuts cluttering up your view? There&#8217;s a cure for messy desktops, you know. And you won&#8217;t lose any of your desktop icons or shortcuts. Impossible you say? Nope! 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