Alternative to Desktop Icons?

from JoeUser Forums
I just wanted to submit my question to the crowd. I'm basically revamping my desktop into something a bit nicer. Thing is, I have a wallpaper that I really like and now its cluttered by desktop icons. I'm not really sure what I can do to get rid of them. About half are directories (music, documents, images, videos), another half are shortcuts to stuff I use a lot. Things have changed a bit since I was last into the customization "scene" so I'd like to know what you all would recommend.

(Also, does anyone know of any good white/black or white/red blinds?)
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What do you want instead?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Either you can read this thread I´ve linked to,
and you can manage your icons and menus as you like, or rightclick at desktop, uncheck "Show desktopicons" and make a new toolbar "Desktop" at the taskbar, and you will have a clean desktop without any icons.Link
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Might want to try ObjectDock or ObjectDock Plus! Link
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
I don't really know what I want "instead". I'd just like something thats easy to use, uncluttered, and looks good. Other than that I'm pretty much open to anything
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use ObjectDock Plus, which allows me to have multiple docks (anchor points for icons).

My desktop is set up with a normal dock at top of screen with system links (My Computer, IE, E-Mail, My Documents, etc.) - all represented by icons with high quality graphics.

I have a 3 tab dock at the bottom of screen which acts like a "drawer" and slides out of view behind the taskbar, leaving just the tabs showing (which have text titles "Office", "Design", and "Tools"). I use this dock as access links to my most frequently used programs, again using icons with high quality graphics.

The nice thing about using tabbed docks, is that you can have say eighteen icons occupy the same desktop real estate by having six icons per tab (you can have as many, or few icons as you like on tabbed docks).

I have my docks set to no magnification (animation), and icons displaying at 72x72 pixels. System resources are minimal (about 2 MB on average), and I can enjoy the quality icons in detail.

As gooberbean28 suggested, this would be a viable alternative to a large number of icons occupying a lot of desktop real estate. The ObjectDock library is fairly extensive as well.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
All the icons on you're desktop are shortcuts. Right click. Delete. WB Liquorous. Citizen Swedenskins is giving you the best advice.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Right click on you're taskbar and select new toolbar. Browse for desktop, and make that a new taskbar. That's the way I have mine. It will be in you're taskbar with all you're desktop icons, and when you install a program and it ask if you want a desktop icon, say no.