Message in #general · Neon Genesis Phijkchu

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:28 PM general

What does your computer's desktop have? Select all that apply. If it changes, vote based on current status.

Background image9 votes · 41%
Icons9 votes · 41%
Rainmeter / other widget things1 vote · 5%
None of the above (solid color or no "desktop")3 votes · 14%

22 votes Multiple answers allowed Poll closed

TinyBomby Jan 13, 2026 7:30 PM general

how are the first two votes having no desktop

Kribbles Jan 13, 2026 7:30 PM general

What's the point of a desktop if there's no icons?

Kribbles Jan 13, 2026 7:31 PM general

Although I really don't have many icons.. or use it

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:31 PM general

i mostly am in fuck knows where folders in explorer or something and i like having a neutral back screen for when i have a non fullscreen thing running

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

I wish rainmeter didn't just give up being relevant after ~2010

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

what is even the thing people would use now for that

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

did i use an internet boomer term by accident

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

Replying to reorruatrnte #toughbrook

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my option isnt here

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

i have THOUSANDS of icons on it

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

but

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

wallpaper engine for video backgrounds

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

but you can't do all the cool rainmeter stuff

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

i turn off desktop icons

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

so i dont see them

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:32 PM general

my desktop is full

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

but its invisible

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

i mean i count that as no icons then

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

the empty one doesnt really represent me

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

no

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

you have no desktop, but you have the desktop folder

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

because there are icons on it

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

theyre just invisible

TinyBomby Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

Replying to taxes #tzfi

i have THOUSANDS of icons on it

people who do this are also insane. My previous boss had her screen entirely filled with icons to the point that you couldn't actually find what you needed. Literally pointless.

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

im actually scared

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

Max, that's actually genius, wait so

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

i mean the same goes for me then max

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

to turn that off

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

you can use the folder still right

Phijkchu_Pikachu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

Technically I currently do not have a desktop background because I forgot to replace mine

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

yes spoooky

Phijkchu_Pikachu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

but I usually have one

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

my folder is probably

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

fuck

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

thousands

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

upon thsoudands

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

of icons

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

how did I not know that

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

i can turn my icons right now and see whatever random junk is there

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

everytime a crack installer

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

makes a short cut

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

eveytime something gets moved there

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

gg

TinyBomby Jan 13, 2026 7:33 PM general

what's the point of putting things in your desktop folder then?...

TinyBomby Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

just put it in an organized folder

Kribbles Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

Replying to TinyBomby #tinybomby

people who do this are also insane. My previous boss had her screen entirely filled with icons to the point that you couldn't actually find what you needed. Literally pointless.

I agree, I don't like having to use a scroll bar on my file explorer, so if it gets to that point, I move things into different folders

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

oh nvm

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

it's all automated stuff from old installers for me

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

its not that much

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

its uh

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

like

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

It's a working directory folder, that's a top-level location

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

50% of it is from

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

nevermind

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

20 content_warning webms

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

wtf is this from?????

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

I INSTALLED RETROARCH????

Kribbles Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

My Downloads folder is the largest folder usually, it's just a bunch of temporary files there

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:34 PM general

I knew your computer was full of ants Pirate

TinyBomby Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

Replying to reorruatrnte #toughbrook

wtf is this from?????

looks like a shortcut, so just.... go to the file location

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

i mean i rememberd what it's from but it was funny

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

it was a steam game spooky or somebody got me but it was like 70 gb or something

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

so i never played it

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

If anyone has a hot tip to speed up Windows directories btw

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

I'd gladly take it

Rusp Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

i have default windows everything

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

I continue to not understand how Windows is generationally bad at file tables

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:35 PM general

honsetly mostly what i do now that i think about it, is i just search files that i know exist somewhere in everything

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

everything is still the best search for sure

Spooky Phijkchu Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

but I can't get over how after a directory has >100 things in it it just can't handle

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

appearntly no tmuch actually goes to my desktiop

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

the worst thing about windows file explorer is how it insists on trying to compute metadata for every "audio file"

Kribbles Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

Fork

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

you opena folder with

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

80 audio files

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

so if you ever open anything with mp3 or ogg it just freezes

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

and it lags your entire pc

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

yea

taxes Jan 13, 2026 7:36 PM general

that happens a lot

reorruatrnte Jan 13, 2026 7:37 PM general

there's probably some registry thing but i'm too lazy

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