To remove shortcuts from your computer's desktop, just right-click on them and select "Delete" or "Move to Trash." You can also use the Delete key on your keyboard, or drag the shortcuts to the trash.

A desktop overloaded with shortcuts and a taskbar filled with pinned apps can make your desktop look messy and harder to navigate. Fortunately, Windows offers plenty of customization options to make ...

Ctrl + M: Enter Mark mode (allows you to select text with mouse). Once Mark mode is enabled, you can use the arrow keys to move the cursor around. Shift + Up or Down: Move cursor up or down one line ...

In the November 2008 issue, page 105, I suggested ways to easily hide desktop shortcuts of confidential material. I suggested moving them off the desktop, out of sight to the Start menu, which only ...

Simple, elegant, and insanely practical, Fences corrals all your desktop icons. Tired of icon clutter? Sure, you can organize your desktop shortcuts, programs, folders, and the like by dragging and ...

Creating shortcuts for frequently used programs and files can save time and reduce clutter on your desktop. Instead of having all items directly on the screen, place them in folders or use shortcut ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...

Some users have reported that the Desktop icons on their Windows PC disappear when they click on them. Now the linked post will help you if the Desktop shortcuts go missing – but if they disappear ...

A year ago, when I turned on my Vista machine for the first time, it didn’t take long to realize that unless I mastered keyboard and desktop shortcuts I would be wasting a lot of computing time ...

I confess to being a shortcut freak. After all, why search through folders when you can open the file you want with just one mouse click? However, I am finding that the Quick Launch toolbar, as good ...