Thanks. I thought maybe you were suggesting a procedure for reseting
things or something, but that didn't accomplish that. What I'm
looking for is a way to ensure that when I open the desktop--as a
*toolbar*, not as the desktop per se--I only see the shortcuts that I
put there, and not the things that I didn't put there, don't want to
see there, and consider clutter (Computer, User’s files, Network,
Recycle Bin, Control Panel, IE icon). I figure it probably involves
messing with the registry, but I get a little skittish about the idea
of trying out "brain surgery" ideas until I get lucky and get things
right.

Or a way to send folder shortcuts to a user-defined toolbar using
nothing more complicated than a right-click.

- Tom

On Apr 16, 5:14*pm, "Mark" <83097markc...@cox.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Right click on the taskbar, click properties and on the "taskbar" tab
> uncheck "show quicklaunch", then on the "notification area" tab uncheck
> everything, then on the "toolbar" tab uncheck everything. That should clean
> everything up.
>
> "Weltanscha" <weltans...********.com> wrote in message
>
> news:39a16a0e-58c2-4fbe-bc60-279943d50c7d@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> I don't find the desktop proper to be of much use (usually too many
> windows in the way, for my taste) but I do use the desktoptoolbar
> quite a bit. *There are icons that I can remove from the desktop
> proper, via Desktop Icon Settings (Computer, User’s files, Network,
> Recycle Bin, Control Panel), but they and the Public folder won’t
> leave thetoolbar, and I can’t seem to kill theIEicon off for good,
> either. *Does anyone know how to kill them dead and send them toVistaHell?
>
> Alternatively, I’d be perfectly willing to use atoolbarI create
> instead (I already use two others), but I like being able to right
> click on a folder and send a shortcut to the desktoptoolbar. *I know
> how to add toolbars as destinations to the Send To menu, but not how
> to send shortcuts to folders there instead of the folders themselves.[/color]