Hide / Change the size of only certain icons, without disturbing other icons
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 by koloch | Discussion: Icons
Hi,
I'm looking for a way to allow me to hide OR change the size of only certain icons/folders on the desktop. It is a bunch of folders that I constantly use ie music, videos, downloads, and uni stuff.
Reason being I want these few folders to look BIGGER than other desktop icons. Either that, or I want to HIDE only these folders so that I can use a dock launcher (which allows me to adjust their size).
Is there a way to do either of these without affecting other desktop icons?
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:05 AM
Thanks for the reply!
I'm using XP, and the "hidden folders" method only succeeded in making the folders grayed out, but still very visible.
Also, show hidden files and folders is disabled.
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 6:20 PM
just checked - need to be 'read only' also to completely vanish
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 6:22 PM
well, maybe not...
just opened 'my docs' - right clicked on 'my pics' and set it to hidden and it vanished...
Reply #5 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 6:28 PM
one i created showed 'ghost' until i put a text doc in it....
hidden has to apply to that folder and all sub folders and files (2nd option)
Reply #6 Wednesday, February 4, 2009 12:21 AM
hey bichur, the last tip worked! thank you so much 
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Reply #1 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:44 AM
right click on folder > properties > hidden
make sure show hidden files and folder is not checked in folder options
can't think of a way to affect the size of specific icons in a foleder
xp or vista?