Re: ICONs presentation

From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 05/11/04 

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 14:26:50 -0500

On Sun, 9 May 2004 12:08:24 -0400, Pop Rivet wrote:

> Hi,
> Long time lurker, love these groups; very informative.
>
> ICONs:
> -- I would like to either;
> 1. Get rid of the space the icon itself occupies, leaving
> only the text area being displayed. Or,
> 2. Get rid of the text area, leaving only the icon picture
> portion being displayed.
>
> Why? It's a personality conflight <g>. So many of the
> ICONs are meaningless to me, the don't alphabetize correctly
> (never did figure out what "name" Sort by Name uses!), and I
> do know how to read and group similar types of programs.
> I would much rather have simply the program text names on
> my desktop than all the wasted space taken up by displaying
> both the icon and the text. And since you can't remember
> all the icons without the text, it only makes sense to me to
> get rid of the graphic and leave the text.
>
> Can anyone provide a source that will let me do that? If
> there's a way to do it already in Display, wherever, I can't
> find it.
> OH, and I can make my own icons if #2 can be cone but #1
> can't. Obviously I would prefer #1.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pop

Within the conventional confines of the XP desktop - I don't think you can
do what you want. It is object oriented - point and click and there is no
way that I know of to reduce the icon/label combo to a label only.

I wonder if you could use the Active Desktop features to accomplish what
you want? Display Properties> Desktop> Customize Desktop> Web Items. Create
an HTML file that contains links to items (local or on the internet) that
you want access to. Add the home made HTML file to the Web Items list.

Also, there are some third party programs that can be used to create a
customized interface. Thinking something along the lines of DesktopX from
Stardock.com (http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/) might fit the
bill. 

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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