Changing Computers (Part 13)
By: Mr JM
One way to make sense of your Desktop once you have all your programs stored is to group things. I tend to put similar things near each other and I will create a new folder on the Desktop to store shortcuts to specific documents, XL spreadsheets, Powerpoints etc.
If you look at the Desktop image above, my multimedia stuff is in the bottom left corner, Utility programs middle bottom, downloaders and internet browsers middle left and so on. For me, this makes sense. I keep files with any size well away from my Profile, in folders like C:\Downloads and I reset My Documents to point somewhere other than C:\Documents and Settings\username\Documents.
to do this, create the folder in [My Computer]
click [Start] then right-click on [My Documents] and choose [Properties]
either [Browse] to the folder you’ve created (such as C:\Docs) or type it into the Target line
Also have a look in programs that copy things to your computer – most will have a setting that lets you pick where you’d like to have the files placed. Programs that might need this include graphic, music, browsers, your scanner software and others. Some will want to save into you’re my Documents folder so if you’ve performed the above changeover of that folder, you can save Profile bloat.
If there are programs in the [Start] menu that you wish to have on your Desktop for ease of access, click [Start] [All Programs] then right click on the program and choose [Send to] then click on [Desktop] to have a shortcut created for running the program.
Once you’ve got things how you want them, you’re done. Then you can look at cleaning up or reinstalling your old computer (if it isn’t dead) for other purposes.
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