Desktop Wallpaper Boosts Productivity桌面牆紙提高生產力

How organized is your computer desktop?如何有組織，是您的電腦桌面？ Not very?不是很？ Same here!同時在這裡！ I install and test programs almost on a daily basis and they litter my desktop with new icons.我安裝和測試程序幾乎每天和他們的垃圾我的桌面的新圖標。 I also save some files to my desktop for really quick access.我還保存一些文件到我的桌面真正快速存取。 By the end of the week, it usually messier than the offline desk in my home office.到去年底的一周內，它通常梅西耶比離線服務台在我家辦事處。

Having an untidy desktop doesn’t make for great productivity, hunting and pecking for that crucial file or program usually takes several seconds.有一個亂七八糟的桌面不作大的生產力，狩獵和啄為關鍵的文件或程序通常需要幾秒鐘。 Repeat that operation many times over the course of a week and you’re starting into eat into your coffee break just finding stuff that should be obvious.再說一遍，運作了許多倍的過程中一個星期，你已經開始進入到您吃的喝咖啡休息剛找到的東西應該是顯而易見的。

So, what’s the answer?因此，什麼樣的答案呢？ Well, redecorating is the way to go.那麼，重新裝修，是一段路要走。

First step.第一步。 Minimize all open windows (hold down the Window-key and hit the M).最小化所有打開的窗口（按住窗口的關鍵，撞上米） 。 Delete icons for any programs you don’t use at all and move the rarely used to a separate folder.刪除圖標的任何程序您不要使用在所有和動議很少使用，以一個單獨的文件夾。 Windows can automate this process for you. Windows可以自動化這個過程中給你。

Second, this is the slightly tricky bit.第二，這是稍微複雜一點。 Open your favorite graphics editor and create a file to fit the dimensions of you monitor at the resolution.打開您最喜愛的圖形編輯器，並建立一個檔案，以適應方面的監察，你在該決議。 In my case it is 1440×900 pixels, but you may have a 1280×800, 1024×768, or even 800×600 desktop.在我的情況，這是1440 × 900像素，但你可能有一個1280 × 800 ，解析度為1024 × 768 ，或什至800 × 600的桌面上。 At this point you may want to overlay a nice plain scenic shot but I choose to have a near-black background.在這一點上您可能會想要覆蓋好平原的風景拍攝，但我選擇有近黑色的背景。 Save the file as a Windows BMP, call it new-desktop.bmp or something similar.保存該文件作為Windows骨形態發生蛋白，稱之為新desktop.bmp或類似的。

Next, think about what categories your programs and files might slot into: System, Tools, Entertainment, Internet, Docs and Files etc. And count how many you have.其次，想一想，什麼類別您的程序和文件可能槽到：系統，工具，娛樂，互聯網，文件和檔案等，並指望有多少你有。

Now, draw a grid with a 1-2 pixel width line on to your BMP so that there are as many boxes as there were categories.現在，制定一個網格與1-2像素寬度的線就到您的骨形態發生蛋白，以便有許多票箱的有3個分類。

Choose a nice clear font, at a suitable size (14pt say) and add labels at the top left of each box on your grid corresponding to each category you are going to use.選擇一個好的明確的字體，在一個合適的尺寸（ 14pt說） ，並添加標籤，在左上角的每個方塊對您的網格相應的每一類您要使用的。 Once you’re happy with the results save the BMP.一旦您滿意的結果，儲存骨形態發生蛋白。

Now right click on your Desktop and choose Properties from the drop-down menu, click the Desktop tab and then browse for the BMP file you have just created and select it as the new wallpaper.現在按一下滑鼠右鍵，在您的桌面上，並選擇屬性，從下拉式選單中，單擊桌面選項卡，然後瀏覽為BMP文件你剛才的創造和選擇它作為新的牆紙。 Select Stretch, although it should fit perfectly anyway if you got the size right.選擇舒展，雖然它應該完美無論如何，如果你得到了大小的權利。 Click okay.按一下好了。 Your grid with categories should magically appear as your redecorated desktop.您的網格與類別應神奇地出現在您重新裝修的桌面上。

At this stage, all your many icons will still be arranged as they were before.在這個階段，您所有的許多圖標仍會安排，因為他們之前。 So, right click a blank space on the desktop again, choose “Arrange icons by” and make sure Autoarrange is unchecked and that Align to Grid is checked.因此，右鍵點擊一個空格在桌面上，選擇“排列圖標” ，並確保autoarrange選中，並互相配合，以網格檢查。

It’s very easy to inadvertently trigger an autoarrange of desktop icons in Windows XP so you need to find some way of saving the new layout you will make in the final step.它很容易在無意中引發autoarrange的桌面圖標在Windows XP所以你需要找到一些方法，以救國救民的新佈局，你會在最後一步。 Download this下載本 file文件 . 。 Unzip it and copy the file layout.dll to the /system32/ folder in your Windows folder.將它解壓縮和複製檔案layout.dll向/ system32 /文件夾在您的Windows文件夾中。 Then double click the file layout.reg and when asked if you are sure you want to add the information to the registry click OK.然後雙擊該文件layout.reg和當被問及如果您確信您想要信息添加到註冊表中單擊確定。 Restart your computer.重新啟動計算機。

Now, you can start re-arranging your icons according to their categories.現在，您就可以開始重新安排您的圖標根據其類別。 Drag the My computer, Recycle Bin icons etc into the area bounded by the System box, Word, Notepad, Winzip etc into Tools, Firefox, Thunderbird icons into Internet, last.fm, iTunes, Picasa etc into Entertainment, and any files and docs into the files and docs box.拖到我的電腦，回收站的圖標等納入範圍內的系統方塊時， Word ，記事本時， WinZip等工具的Firefox ， Thunderbird的圖標進入因特網， last.fm ， iTunes會時， Picasa等娛樂，以及任何文件和文件把檔案和文件框中。 Continue until you have everything just as it should be.繼續下去，直至你有一切正如它應該的。 Finally, right-click the Recycle Bin and click the new menu item Save Desktop Icon Layout.最後，右鍵單擊回收站，並點擊新的菜單項保存桌面圖標的佈局。

Other people have done similar things with their desktops, if you’d prefer something more aesthetic you might want to check out this其他人做類似的事情，與他們的台式機，如果您想要些審美您可能會想要看看這 guy傢伙 who has some readymade BMP files for download with colored regions and standard Windows backgrounds.誰有一些現成BMP檔案下載有色地區和標準的Windows的背景。 In fact, now that I’ve found that site, I’ve redone my desktop (took a couple of minutes).在事實上，現在我發現，網站，我已經redone我的桌面（了兩分鐘） 。

UPDATE: I’ve created a new organizer wallpaper inspired by更新：我已經建立了一個新的組織者，牆紙的靈感 my new tumblr theme我的新tumblr主題 . 。 Download the下載 raw desktop jpeg file原料桌面JPEG文件 here, resize to fit your screen, tidy up the rough edges and edit in your own categories and convert to BMP to load as wallpaper.在這裡，調整，以符合您的屏幕上，整理粗糙的邊緣和編輯在自己的分類和轉換為骨形態發生蛋白加載作為牆紙。 (I have this in Photoshop format if anyone would like to play around with colors and layout more precisely). （我有這在Photoshop格式，如果有人想發揮與周圍的顏色和佈局更準確） 。