Windows XP system Desktop Cleanup Raiders

The Desktop Cleanup Wizard is a very useful tool in the Windows XP system. However, using the Windows XP Desktop Cleanup Wizard takes more time and effort than cleaning the desktop manually. If you find that the wizard has no practical help for you, or if you are using a newer version of Windows, try the method described in this article to keep your desktop clean and tidy.

Windows: If you are using a Windows XP system, you may want to try the following desktop cleanup: Right-click the desktop space and choose "Properties" * "desktop" * "Custom desktop". In the Desktop cleanup project, make sure that the run the Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days is selected, and that when Windows discovers that some shortcuts on the desktop are not being used during that time, a prompt dialog box appears (as shown in Figure 1). If you want to activate this wizard, click the "Clean Desktop Now" button. If some desktop shortcuts are rarely used, but you need to save them on the desktop, the wizard also gives you the option of setting up a regular check to check for specific desktop shortcuts. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard saves those cleaned icons in a desktop folder called "Unused Desktop Shortcut Icons" (Windows system is created automatically when needed).

You may have noticed some drawbacks to the scheduled desktop cleanup above. After the Desktop Cleanup Wizard starts, it only works on shortcuts to your desktop, and it doesn't work on files, folders, or other pieces of fragmented debris left on your desktop. In addition, users are not able to change the time interval for desktop cleanup. And the Desktop Cleanup Wizard simply moves the cleanup shortcuts to a desktop folder?? As if to sweep the dirty things under the rug of the room. If you only clear a shortcut icon, Windows creates a folder on the desktop that holds the item, which is equivalent to creating a new shortcut at the same time as cleaning, and this desktop cleanup seems innocuous.

A better way: The Windows system contains all the tools you need to customize the automatic desktop cleanup mechanism to clean up your desktop, and you can easily find shortcut icons, files, and folders that you haven't used recently. At the same time, you are free to set the interval at which the cleanup program works. This approach has a good performance in Windows ME/2000/XP and can be done in Windows 9x. Unfortunately, users who run the program on a Windows 9x system cannot get a clear hint of the message.

In Windows 9x, double-click My Computer * Schedule Task * Add scheduled task to activate the Scheduled Task wizard. In other versions of Windows, select "Start" * "Settings" * "Control Panel", or "start" * "Control Panel". If you are using Windows XP Category View, click on the "Performance and Maintenance" icon, click or "Double click" (if necessary) the Task Scheduler and the Add Task Schedule icon to enter the Task Scheduler Wizard dialog box.

To continue clicking the Next button, click the "Browse" button in the next dialog box to open the "Select Program to Schedule" dialog. In the file name input box, enter the path for Explorer.exe?? In most systems, the path is "C:\windows\explorer.exe" or "C:\Winnt\Explorer.exe". Press the ENTER key to return to the Task Scheduler Wizard dialog box. By default, this task is named "Explorer," but you change it to another descriptive name. Then, select the interval at which to perform this task and continue clicking the Next button.

You can set the exact time that the program was executed in the next dialog box of the wizard unless you selected the computer startup or log on option when you defined the task interval. Then, click the "Next" button. In a Windows 2000/XP system, you must enter a password 2 times (if you want this task to be performed by a special user, you will need to enter the relevant account name and password). When you click the "Next" button, select the "Open Advanced properties for this task" option when you click Finish.

At this point, the system pops up a dialog box named "Explorer" (or another user-defined name). Enter the Desktop folder path immediately following the "Explorer.exe" command you entered in the "Run" entry box in the dialog box. In a Windows 9x/me system, the path is typically "C:\Windows\Desktop" (if you are using a computer that has no other user) or "C:\Windows\Profiles\Profile name\desktop" (where " Profile Name "is your account name). In Windows 2000 or XP systems, the Desktop folder path is usually "C:\Documents and Settings\profile name\desktop". Please note that adjustments are made to the above example to ensure that the system requirements you use are met.

In Windows 2000 or XP systems, you will also need to enter 2 passwords and click the "Confirm" button one more time.

Right-click the task schedule that you just created, and choose Run from the shortcut menu. A Windows Explorer window is opened and displays the contents of the current desktop. You will also need to fine-tune this window for more efficient use of it. Select View * Folder Options or Tools * Folder Options, depending on the version of Windows that you are using. Click the "View" tab, and in the Advanced Settings item, make sure that the "Remember the View settings for each folder" option is selected, and then click the "Confirm" button.

So far, you have completed the preparation of the custom window, then select "View" * "Details" to view the specific content information on the desktop. In Windows 2000/ME/XP, select "View" * "select column" or "View" * "Select Details". In the dialog box that pops up, select the Access or Access time option, and then clear the unwanted options, and then click the OK button.

In Explorer, click the top 2 times of the access or Access time column to ensure that the shortcuts in the desktop are arranged according to the last time they were used. This will appear in this arrangement the next time you start the Scheduled Task window. You can quickly browse which shortcuts have not been used for a long time and delete or move unwanted shortcuts to other folders.

Users of Windows 9x systems do not seem so fortunate that they will not be able to see the results of a desktop shortcut being accessed recently. However, you can click the top of the "Modify Time" column to arrange all items in the order in which they were last modified. At the same time, the system will also give you a prompt window that lets you choose which items to keep or clear.