1) Put all the files and\/or shortcuts you like to keep on your desktop in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. By doing this, anything new you save to your desktop will be easily identifiable because it will appear in the far left-hand corner, like so:<\/p>\n
2) Add the quick launch toolbar to your taskbar to reduce the number of shortcuts you keep on your desktop altogether. For step-by-step directions on how to do this, visit Microsoft’s quick tutorial<\/a>. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Ok, now that you’re back, your quick launch toolbar, after adding programs<\/a> or links, may look something like this:<\/p>\n If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment. Happy decluttering!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Keeping your computer’s desktop clutter free can be a challenge, so here’s some tips for keeping it organized whether at home, at work, or both. Note: these instructions are for a PC running Windows 7 so your mileage may vary if your operating system differs. 1) Put all the files and\/or shortcuts you like to …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organization","category-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3SUar-S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Desktop](\"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Desktop-Organization.jpg\")
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\n3) Bonus tip: If you want to quickly view your desktop you don’t need to do anything other than click this little area in the far right corner of your taskbar. Ta-da!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n