After you have installed several programs and created shortcuts to put the programs, folders, and files you use most often at your fingertips, your desktop might start to get pretty messy. To cope with the clutter, some people like to line up their icons and shortcuts in regimented rows, some like to arrange them as a sort of frame around the perimeter of their screen, and others like to group them by type in various discrete locations. You can organize your icons and shortcuts manually, or if you are happy with simple arrangements, you can have Windows Vista arrange them for you.
In this exercise, you will rearrange the items on your desktop, and then delete a shortcut from your desktop.
1. | Drag your desktop shortcuts to random positions on the desktop.
Notice that as you drop the desktop shortcuts, they align to an invisible grid.
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2. | Right-click an empty area of the desktop, point to View, and then click Auto Arrange.
Tip
A check mark indicates when the Auto Arrange option is selected.
Windows Vista neatly arranges your shortcuts and icons on the left side of the desktop.
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3. | Now try to drag a shortcut to a different position on the desktop.
You can move the shortcuts up and down, but not away from the left edge of the screen.
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4. | If you don't like the Auto Arrange feature, right-click an open area of the desktop, point to View, and then click Auto Arrange to turn it off.
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5. | Right-click the MSN Web Site shortcut, click Delete, and then in the confirmation message box, click Yes.
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