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Are there benefits for 'Hide Desktop Icons'?
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Mar 15, 20262672 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I was wondering if the computer performance benefits in any way by simply hiding desktop icons. I'm not sure if they continue running in the background anyway or if they are sort of ignored thus rendering a better speed.
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From what I can tell they are not used at all. The icon isn't loaded, the whole thing is not rendered. Using the proper Windows method for having them "hidden" they are basically not there at all or ignored. For me it is not faster, because while th…
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