Windows 10: Less clutter on the desktop

Hi Everybody,

I wonder if someone can help me figure this out.

I use several desktop icons on a rather cluttered desktop. What I would really like to do is have a single icon that, when selected will open a sub-container that will list a 7 of my graphics program. Another icon would open yet again another sub-container with my 5 writing tools.

ect and ect.

Can this arrangement be done?

Many Thanks,
jPaul

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Internet Shortcuts on Desktop Win10TP

Why would you want internet shortcuts on your desktop?

Use bookmark/favorites or whatever your browser calls them, less mess/clutter on the desktop, afterall thats what the bookmark section is for.

 

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Right click an empty spot on desktop, select New > Folder:





Name the new folder as you wish, move desktop shortcuts to it. For instance, name one new folder as GFX Tools, another as Writing Tools and so on.

 

in addition, for quick access you may then like to add the folder(s) to the taskbar as custom toolbars.
Option Four in this tutorial.

Add Toolbars to Taskbar in Windows 10

 

Thanks, Kari. Issue Resolved

 

As Kari mentioned, I make a new folder and put all the program icons in it, this way I only have three icons on the desktop, recycle bin, programs folder and a game I'm currently playing.

 

Another possibility is to use the third-party program Fences. It lets you organize your desktop into panes of icons.

Fences : Software from Stardock