Desktop Icon Fun

Looking for a fun little office prank. This one will get them scratching their head for a while. This is what you will need to do. When they get up and go to the bathroom sneak over to their computer. Take a screen shot of their current desktop and then set it as the background. Then remove all the desktop icons with a click of the mouse. It will get them trying to open my computer or any other desktop Icon for hours.

- Hit the Print screen Icon on your keyboard

- Open up Microsoft Paint

 To open paint click on start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint

paint menu path

Microsoft Paint

paint

-Click CTRL and V at the same time to paste the screen shot

ctrl + v

You will need to Save the File some where you can find it.

-Click on File > Save As

 save

Browse to the location you wish to save it, Name and Save it

name and save

-Close Paint and navigate to the desktop

- Right Click on the desktop and choose Properties

 right click

- Click on the Desktop tab

-Click on the Browse button

desktop browse

- Locate and select your file

browse

Now the last step is to hide the desktop Icons.

- Right click on the desktop

-Select Show Desktop Icons

right click
 

You should be all set. Find a good spot to watch as your freind or enemy trys to open any of the Icons on their desktop.

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