The part of a graphical user interface upon which other elements like icons, windows, toolbars or widgets are placed. For questions about software that provides this interface (like Gnome or KDE), use the [desktop-environments] tag. For questions about non-portable personal computers, use the ...
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remove default items from “Save as” dialog in explorer? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble figuring out how to remove the default items on the left side of the "Save as..." dialog in Windows.
I want only my favorites to be displayed, how can I remove the default items? ...
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Is it possible to completely turn off the TaskBar in Windows 8
I've been using Windows 8 for about 2 weeks now. I have found that, on Windows 8, the task bar really seems to get in my way. I have set it to auto-hide, however, I still find myself drawn to it to do ...
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Is there any GUI or Windowing system providing just a web browser? [closed]
I am looking for a GUI / Windowing System, or anything like that, which can be installed on a linux box, providing a web browser as the only User Interface.
For example, a GNOME like Desktop ...
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Why is Finestra VDM acting up?
I installed Finestra VDM yesterday, and it keeps acting up. What I mean by that is that it keeps switching desktops unwillingly as soon as I touch the mouse! I have disabled hotkeyes from the taskbar ...
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OS X Different Docks For Different Desktops
Is there anyway or is there any software out there that will allow me to have a different dock for each desktop...
Meaning, I would like to only see the windows open on that desktop for that dock...
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How can I better organize my desktop icons? [closed]
I looked at the Fences software by Stardock, as suggested here. But I don't think this fits my needs. As some reviewers said, Fences is merely just creates a prettier looking clutter. I want to get ...
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How do I add smart folders type functionality to windows 8?
Is it possible to use a smart folder that you created on a mac and use it on a PC?
Thanks in advance for answer (s)
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Windows 7: How to hide public shortcuts from user desktop without administrative privileges?
My work computer has lots of default installed programs with annoying desktop shortcuts. I want to hide some (or all) public shortcuts (from C:\Users\Public\Desktop) without administrative privileges. ...
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Possible to force windows to refresh their thumbnails?
Is it possible to force Windows' DWM (Desktop Window Manager) to refresh the snapshots ("thumbnails") of all windows, all at once?
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From what I understand, Windows no longer uses "thumbnails" ...
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How can I permanently divide / separate files, folders, and shortcuts on Windows 7 desktop? [duplicate]
Basically I want to devote a flexible, visibly divided fraction of my screen to each type of icon visible on the Desktop (files, folders, shortcuts).
What will I (or someone much more skilled than I ...
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Run app as desktop background on Mac
I like to make my own desktop backgrounds, so I wrote a quick little animation using a Lua game development tool with the intention of using screenshots of it as my background. However, I realized ...
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Is there a good reason why desktop icons are 32x32 pixels
i have a program that allows me to create icons which i normally use to assign to folders and shortcuts, alot of icons i find on discs for games are 32x32 and this programs allows me to create icons ...
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Virtual desktop or virtual monitor
Does anyone know if there is a way that you can setup a virtual desktop or monitor using VNC? I have 2 windows 7 machines and would like to be able to connect them but in different user accounts so ...
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How do I setup Windows 8 Video desktop wallpapers? [closed]
I know there is a DreamScene hack for Windows 7, however after reading how much the Windows 8 Desktop Windows Manager and Explorer differs from the Windows 7 / Vista variants I am really worried about ...
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How to undo desktop folder location change in Vista 7?
I did change the desktop folder location to D: for security and backup. However now it seems to be that D: is some how incorporated in Desktop, like if they are only one unit? How I can revert this? ...
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Keeping app windows locked in place
Is there a way to "lock" windows in place? To clarify, I don't mean snap them in place like you have in Windows 7, but instead "freeze" the window size and location.
I'm often working with many ...
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Use team viewer with different desktop
I have a computer with windows 8. Is there a way to access this computer from work with team viewer but using another desktop?
I want the person at home to still be able to use the computer, watch a ...
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Large desktop on windows 7
I would love to be able to augment the resolution of my desktop larger than that of my monitor.
Currently I am limited by the max resolution of my monitor.
In a previous laptop (toshiba) running ...
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Windows 8 - Desktop quick access toolbar?
I want new bar on my desktop screen (like Quick Access Bar) but unlike the Quick Access Bar where you add the shortcuts, I want a bar which focuses solely on the Desktop folder. The bar monitors the ...
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how would i install a lightweight desktop (lubunu?) on a headless server in case of emergencies?
In the rare case that the headless ubuntu server is the only computer with access to the web, I'd like to be able to run a desktop. If lubuntu isn't the best for old hardware any suggestion would be ...
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How do I turn off linux default desktop and just use tightvnc to control my laptop remotely?
I am leaving my laptop outside of the room I'm in and I am planning on just controlling it remotely using tightvnc.
The problem is, the desktop running on the laptop's screen is no use for me. I want ...
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Mac - Run fullscreen app as a screensaver
I've tried AppStartSaver, but it I can't get it to have the effect I want - I'm trying to run Launchpad.app as a desktop background, and I figured that if I could run it as a screensaver I could use ...
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desktop switching in windows (virtual desktops) [duplicate]
I would like to know whether it is possible to set up the windows 7 desktop to display multiple virtual desktops, like in Ubuntu where you can switch from one desktop to another using ...
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Screen resolution changes after wake-up from sleep
Often when I put my Windows 7 [64 Bit] PC to sleep and then wake it up, my log-in screen changes size. After i hit Ctrl+Alt+Del and log-in, my Desktop has huge Icons and the open windows are so big ...
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How can i troubleshoot windows desktop locked up / freezed up?
Sometimes my desktop freezes. All icons go white and accept no action. If I go to Task Manager, kill explorer.exe and restart it, it go back to normal.
How can I troubleshoot this, to know what is ...
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Refresh needed each time after changing default desktop location [closed]
I changed the default location of my desktop to another directory in other partition. The directory changed successfully but when I create, rename or delete a file or directory from desktop, the ...
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How do you move a desktop icon offscreen?
I am using Microsoft's SyncToy in Windows 7 to do backups between several locations, including my desktop. Unfortunately, SyncToy stores metadata in hidden .dat files that it leaves wherever it backs ...
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How to access remote desktop (like SSH -X) in a windows system?
I've been struggling all around the interwebz and I couldn't find any useful answer.
I have a computer with a Windows OS that has some software that I just can't run on GNU/Linux.
But in GNU/Linux, to ...
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Resize just one Icon on Desktop, Mac OSX Mountain Lion
There are some items on my Desktop that are begging for more attention than the others!! I would like to resize choice items! That would be great! :)
(Everything I searched resulted in "how to resize ...
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windows 8: How do I check if a tile is a live tile?
Is there some kind of property that I can check to see if the tile on my desktop is a live tile or not?
On a related note, I wish to add a tile to display photos I have uploaded to flickr.
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'Mouse click' sound keeps randomly happening on Windows 7
My PC keeps making a mouse click sound that happens when you open a folder or click a link on the internet. Thing is- it does it when nothing is open and there is no user activity.
It's almost like ...
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Check validity of “windows shorcuts”
Is there any simple, automatable method of check for a .lnk file validity?
I mean I got a couple of directories whith these shorcuts to apps, and the only way I know if the executable file stills ...
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On Windows 7 Mutiple Wallpaper Scenario: How would I get the filename of the currently-displayed Wallpaper? [duplicate]
Given a Windows 7 Mutiple wallpaper setup. I'm talking about hundreds of wallpapers in a folder.
Wallpapers on my desktop change every 5 minutes.
Sometimes I see a wallpaper that I want to delete, ...
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Custom rule for Outlook 2010
Sorry if this is a repeat of others but none of the ones I read meets my specific need.
I am trying to create a desktop alert to tell me that there is mail still in my Outbox. This would need some ...
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Move Gnome 3 hot corner
I just added a 2nd monitor to the LEFT of my laptop, keeping my laptop screen as primary. The problem is that the hot corner in Gnome that switches to activities is now in the middle, making it hard ...
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Green light running in Monitor bottom
I have LG 17'' LCD Monitor. From few days green light run in Monitor bottom under task bar.
In the screenshot, I draw the green line myself. But the real green line run exactly in that place every ...
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Reverse zooming Microsoft Keyboard MSPaint
A few weeks ago, I've bought a Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000 set.
On my keyboard, when I use the zoom in/out buttons, they're working fine.
But in MSPaint, they're reversed !
When I press the zoom ...
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Loading extension GLX : screen freezes
I installed Ubuntu Server edition 12.10 on a server (with 16 GB RAM and 500GB hard disk).
The installation was successful, after which I tried installing GUI using the below command
sudo apt-get ...
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Make your Screensaver as a Wallpaper in Windows 7?
I have an ASUS laptop, a G75V model. It has 16GB Ram, 2TB of HD space, and a 2GB 660M video card. It is also a 17" LCD at 1080 DPI resolution. It has an Intel i7 processor in it. So what I think I am ...
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In search of a tool to help me organize open windows based on tasks
I've always wanted a product where I can group running programs together. Say I'm working on 3 separate tasks at the same time and I have multiple programs running to facilitate the completion of ...
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Why does all file search perform worse than Google Web Search? [closed]
Google gives me results from the "vast internets" within microseconds.
Those results are (or used to be) utterly awesome.
They have changed the world.
Okay, but when I want to search my "vast ...
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Display Text File On Desktop
I am looking for freeware that will allow me to display a text file on my windows desktop.
Hopefully some software that is lightweight, and will work on WinXP to Win8.
I plan to use this freeware in ...
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usb flash drive contents replaced with a single shortcut
I was confused when I opened my flash drive all I saw was a shortcut with its target as
C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe ~$WO.FAT32,_ldr@16 desktop.ini RET TLS " "
You may refer to the images I ...
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Is there an easy way to automatically remove (or move) unused desktop icons (shorcuts) in Windows 7/8?
I often find people I'm helping have a bazillion unused shortcuts (icons) on their Windows Desktop. There isn't a good simple software program (that works on Windows Vista, 7, 8) that will do this ...
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.desktop file supported on which operating systems?
On which operating systems can we use the .desktop file from unix / linux?
Is there a list of operating systems which support and use it?
Do they all use he same syntax, settings and properties or ...
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Can I boot Windows straight to my homepage instead of the desktop?
I pretty much put Windows 7 in hibernate at the end of the day.
What I would like know is can I change computer from going to desktop and instead go straight to my homepage.
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Changing desktop folder
I know that this question is replied thousand times but,
I change Desktop folder of my Windows XP by Regedit, from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
I ...
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Disappearing Taskbar & System Tray along with Black Rectangle on the Desktop?
On about three occasions, I have left my PC (Windows 7, 64 bit), only to return after half an hour to discover, that the taskbar & system tray at the bottom of the desktop has disappeared, ...
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Remote Desktop stopped working
I am running Windows Vista Business SP2 on my main PC connected to router by a cable and my wireless laptop runs Windows 7 Ultimate SP1. I installed additional Microsoft Office components and now ...
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Keep local screen locked when connecting with VNC (CentOS)
I would like to hide the local server's screen (in this case a Dell netbook running Centos6 x86 :) ), when connecting with RealVNC viewer.
I've found some articles about setting up the second desktop ...
