Windows desktop cleanup

A better way

Windows contains all tools for customizing the automatic Desktop Cleanup mechanism. In this way, you can easily find shortcuts, files, and folders that have not been used recently. At the same time, you can also set cleanup at willProgramThe interval of work. This method has a good performance in Windows ME/2000/XP, and can also be performed in Windows 9X. Unfortunately, the user who runs the program on Windows 9x cannot receive a clear message.

In Windows 9x, double-click "my computer" * "scheduled task" * "add scheduled task" to activate the "scheduled task wizard ". In other Windows versions, select "start" * "set" * "Control Panel" or "start" * "Control Panel ". If you are using Windows XP, click the "performance and maintenance" icon or double-click it (if needed) click "Task Scheduler" and "add Task Scheduler" to go to the "Task Scheduler wizard" dialog box.

Click "Next". In the next dialog box, click "Browse" to open the "Select Program to schedule" dialog box. In the "Upload File Name" text box, enter the path of assumer.exe ?? In most systems, the path is "C: windowsexplorer.exe" or "C: winntexplorer.exe ". Press enter to return to the task plan wizard dialog box. By default, this task is named "Explorer", but you change it to another descriptive name. Then, select the time interval for executing the task and click "Next.

Unless you select the "Computer startup" or "Logon" option when defining the task execution interval, you can set the execution time of the program in the next dialog box of the wizard. Then, click "Next. In Windows 2000/XP, you must enter the password twice (if you want this task to be executed by a special user, you need to enter the relevant account name and password ). Click "Next" and select "enable advanced attributes of this task when you click" finish.

In this case, a dialog box named "Explorer" (or other user-defined names) is displayed ). In the dialog box, run the imported javaser.exe command to enter the Desktop Folder path. In Windows 9x/Me, the path is usually "C: Windows desktop" (if your computer has no other users) or "C: windowsprofilesprofile namedesktop "(" profile name "is your account name ). In Windows 2000 or Windows XP, the Desktop Folder path is usually "C: documents and settingsprofile namedesktop ". Make adjustments according to the preceding example to meet your system requirements.

In Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you need to enter the password twice and click "OK.

Right-click the task scheduler you just created and select "run" from the shortcut menu. A Windows Resource Manager window is opened and the content on the current desktop is displayed. You also need to fine-tune the window to make better use of it. Select "View" * "Folder Options" or "tool" * "Folder Options" based on your windows version. Click the "View" tab. In the "Advanced Settings" project, make sure that the "Remember view settings for each folder" option is selected and then click "OK.

So far, you have completed the preparation of the custom window, and then select "View" * "details" to view the specific desktop content. In Windows 2000/ME/XP, select "View" * "Select column" or "View" * "select details ". In the displayed dialog box, select the "access" or "Access time" option, clear unnecessary options, and click "OK.

In the resource manager, click the top two times in the "access" or "Access time" column to ensure that the shortcuts on the desktop are arranged according to the last time they were used. In this way, when you start this scheduled task window next time, it will appear in this arrangement. You can quickly browse which shortcuts have not been used for a long time, and delete or move unnecessary shortcuts to other folders.

Windows 9x users do not seem so lucky to be able to see the results of recent Desktop shortcuts. However, you can click the top of the "Modify time" column to arrange all projects in the order they were last modified. At the same time, the system will also provide a prompt window for you to choose to retain or clear which items.

Set the folder window Wallpaper

Adding wallpaper in the folder window will make your folder look more personalized and have more fun in daily operations. Excluding aesthetic factors, customizing different backgrounds in folders makes it easier for you to identify and differentiate folder windows ?? Especially when you back up data in a mobile or network drive and distinguish it from the original folder on the local drive. Although Microsoft deletes the folder wallpaper function in Windows XP, you can change the folder background in the system.

If you need to add text to the custom folder background, select "start" * "program" * "attachment" * "Drawing" (in Windows XP, select "start" * "All Programs" * "attachments" * "Drawing "). Create or open an image, which is similar to the size of a regular window. Remove the selected logo before "image" * "opacity processing" and use the "text" tool button of the drawing, enter relevant text on the image. After completing the above work, save the image in the appropriate folder, save it as a. BMP file, and then close the "Drawing" program.

In Windows 9x/2000/Me, open the folder where you want to add a background image and select view * Custom folder ". In Windows 9x, select "select a background image. In Windows 2000/me, in the "Custom folder wizard" dialog box, click the "Next" button and select the "Modify background image and file name appearance" option, and clear the original retained options. Then, in all Windows versions, click "Next", click "Browse" in the next dialog box, and select the image file you just created (after this, the files you selected will be added to the list on the right of the folder ).

In the "button title Color" or "file name appearance" project, click the color button next to the "text" project to set the color of the folder icon, and select a different color from the background image, click "OK" * "Next" * "complete ". To remove the previously set wallpaper, select the "delete custom settings" option in the "Custom folder wizard" dialog box.

If you add a wallpaper to a folder in Windows XP, open the folder, select "Tools" * "Folder Options", and click the "View" tab. In the "Advanced Settings" project, select the "show all files and folders" option; remove the "Hide protected operating system files" option (recommended ), after the warning prompt appears, click "OK", click "yes", and double-click "desktop. INI file, open the text editor, if you cannot find desktop. INI file, which is created in notepad or another text editor.

Enter [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] In the first line of the text editor (Note: This line does not contain uppercase o letters and uses all the numbers "0 "), then press Enter. Enter the iconarea_image%%%%.bmp %.gifor .jpg image file path. For example, enter "iconarea_image = C: My documentsmy picturesblue hills.bmp." And then press "enter.

more tips are required to change the color of the icon text in the folder. If you want to set the button text to black, do not do anything. If you want to set it to white, enter "iconarea_text = 0x00ffffff" (please make sure that X is a lowercase letter ), then press the "enter" key. Set it to red and replace the numbers and letters after the "=" command above with "0x000000ff". Set it to yellow and replace it with "0x0000ffff "; set it to blue, replace it with "0x00ff0000", set it to gray, and replace it with "0x00808080 ". These codes represent different values in the 24-bit color configuration table. After combining the red and blue-green colors, we can conclude that: 0x00bbggrr (this value ranges from 0 or hexadecimal 00 in decimal format to 255 or hexadecimal FF in decimal format ). Extension.