There are unused items on your desktop

Every so often, a pop-up baloon tells me "There are unused items on
your desktop".

I know it shows signs of old age when you talk back to your computer,
but I want to say "So what - it is MY destop, and I want them there.
So go home already, Billy Boy, and leave me alone."

Is there anyway I can permanently stop Mr. Gates from telling me what
to do with my computer (short of going to Linux)?
And please don't tell me to click on each icon once every two weeks to
fool Windows into thinking I'm actually regularly using the programs
behind these "unused items".

Cheers! and Thanks!
_________________________________
Old Enough
to know I don't know a thing ....

"Old Enough" <ab DeleteThis @cd.ca> wrote in message
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> Every so often, a pop-up baloon tells me "There are unused items on
> your desktop".
>
> I know it shows signs of old age when you talk back to your computer,
> but I want to say "So what - it is MY destop, and I want them there.
> So go home already, Billy Boy, and leave me alone."
>
> Is there anyway I can permanently stop Mr. Gates from telling me what
> to do with my computer (short of going to Linux)?
> And please don't tell me to click on each icon once every two weeks to
> fool Windows into thinking I'm actually regularly using the programs
> behind these "unused items".
>
> Cheers! and Thanks!

Right-click a blank spot on your Desktop, click Properties on the menu that appears,
then click the Desktop tab, then click the |Customize Desktop| button.
On the General tab, remove the check from the box for "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard
every sixty days", and click OK all the way out.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Windows, A+
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