Freeman,

Clutterness abolished. My desktop is covered with icons.

In that case, why don't you put a folder link into the "Quick Launch" area
and put all those links in there ?

Or maybe add a folder to the "C:\Documents and Settings\{you name}\Start
Menu"(1) one, and have that folder appear in your startmenu in the same way
as the "programs" one, as a fold-out submenu.

(1) or right-click the "programs" entry, choose "open" or "explore", and go
one folder up.

Instead of having to switch them on/off everytime (and having to move
dialogs because they obscure the icon you want to click) the access to them
stays the same, regardless of what you are doing.

It works for me (even though I've still got a few on the desktop :-) ).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser