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Desktop Cleanup Wizard in Windows XP

Shortcut icons are very convenient, but they have a way of cluttering your desktop. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard solves the problem! The wizard clears your desktop of icons you haven't clicked on during the past 60 days and sweeps them into a single desktop folder titled Unused Desktop Files. You can open the file to retrieve any of the icons (clicking on them places them back on your desktop), or you can easily send them to the Recycle Bin.

What is Desktop? its the on-screen work area on which windows, icons, menus, and dialog boxes appear.

To enable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard:

  • Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
  • Click Appearance and Themes.
  • Under Pick a task, click Change the screen resolution.
  • On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop.
  • Select the Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days check box, and then click OK.

If you want to clean your desktop of unused files between the dates the wizard visits, simply follow steps 1 through 4 described above, and then click the button labeled Clean Desktop Now.

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