# Yet Another Desktop Screenshot Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138 "2008-05-30T13:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/61 "2008-06-01T07:09:03Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] Mine is a nightmare. A horror file on top of file on top of folder. It made our IT guy yell Jesus Christ! when he looked at it. It makes children weep and dogs howl in terror. [/QUOTE] The question is, how do you find anything? Because it’s no problem if your folders are this messy, but why clutter your desktop with this detritus? ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/62 "2008-06-01T10:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] I’m too ashamed to post mine. I was encouraged at first by the people who said theirs were “messy”…until I looked at them. Mine is a nightmare. A horror file on top of file on top of folder. It made our IT guy yell Jesus Christ! when he looked at it. It makes children weep and dogs howl in terror. OK, after all that, I can’t not post it. [Here it is.](http://picasaweb.google.com/ceasterling/StraightDope) You’ve been warned. [/QUOTE] Yes! I no longer have the messiest desktop in the thread! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/63 "2008-06-01T14:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] I’m too ashamed to post mine. I was encouraged at first by the people who said theirs were “messy”…until I looked at them. Mine is a nightmare. A horror file on top of file on top of folder. It made our IT guy yell Jesus Christ! when he looked at it. It makes children weep and dogs howl in terror. OK, after all that, I can’t not post it. [Here it is.](http://picasaweb.google.com/ceasterling/StraightDope) You’ve been warned. [/QUOTE] :eek: **cmd-shift-n** Really, you should try it. It’s an amazing invention! ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/64 "2008-06-01T16:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] The question is, how do you find anything? Because it’s no problem if your folders are this messy, but why clutter your desktop with this detritus? [/QUOTE] Open the application first, then open the file from there. It gets this way because when I work from home, remote server access means I have to download stuff–and guess where it all ends up? I know I need to clean it up, it’s just kind of a low priority compared to other stuff. What does cmd-shift-m do? I’d hate to try it and have it mess up my whole system. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/65 "2008-06-02T00:04:43Z")
This is my desktop - tulips in my garden. I usually use pictures I took myself, usually flowers or trees. I don’t like people on my desktop, even my kids. And I go for minimal too! [http://www.flickr.com/photos/75073195@N00/2543446056/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/75073195@N00/2543446056/) ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/66 "2008-06-02T00:38:06Z")
This is [mine](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/misc/desktop.jpg) . I’ve been using that background photo for over ten years now. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/67 "2008-06-02T15:22:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] Right-click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By –\> and uncheck Show Desktop Icons. That should completely hide all of the desktop icons. [/QUOTE] Thanks, but they’ve apparently got that disabled here. I could do it at home, but I actually use one or two icons at home. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/68 "2008-06-02T18:01:01Z")
My desktop last rotation: [Desktop | beowulff | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/11822576@N08/2544906499/) Grace and Andy (Andy is the little one), and The Forum in Rome. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/69 "2008-06-02T18:19:44Z")
[QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] Right-click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By –\> and uncheck Show Desktop Icons. That should completely hide all of the desktop icons. [/QUOTE] Hey, neat! I never knew that… ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138/70 "2008-06-02T23:33:58Z")
Here is my [current desktop.](http://www.image4u.org/interface2x/desktop2.JPG) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-desktop-screenshot-thread/451138.md?page=3)