In Windows Vista, a list of your recently used items are listing at the right of the Start menu. Clearing recent items from the list will not remove the items from your hard drive it will only remove it from the “Recent Items”. If you do this for Windows XP go here Clear Recent Documents.
To clear Recent items
- Click on the “Start” button
- Point the mouse to “Recent Items” and right click on it
- Select “Clear Recent Items List”
my desktop icons are now appearing on the bottom of my screen as well as on the left hand side where they normally appear. How do i delete or hide the duplicate icons?