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Wrangle Your Desktop: Hide Icons, Beef Up Previews

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March 17, 2010
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Wrangle Your Desktop: Hide Icons, Beef Up Previews
Here's how to quickly hide your Windows icons, switch between external displays, and make those tiny taskbar thumbnails more useful. - Rick Broida, PCWorld
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