Desktop trick : Baffle anybody

Just a little prank, instead of Geeky reviews or news this time. Here's a little something that won't take much of your time and will let U drive your friends crazy / mad.

Consider this : Your friend opens his desktop PC [ or laptop for that matter. ;) ] and click the 'start' button of windows taskbar. But the start menu doesn't show up. He clicks again and again but to no avail. "What's wrong ...???" he wonders. And then he discovers, icons on the desktop also don't work. Nothing happens upon clicking on them. As if the icons aren't there at all. He frantically click every single inch possible on the desktop but nothing happens. All this while, U r looking at him with a smirk on your face. Finally U emerge from the shadows, to relieve him from his agony. With a few clicks, U fix his PC and he can't find enough words to thank you.

Oh, it's just one case possibility. U can play it any way U want. Wanna have a try at it. Let's dig in. Lemme show U how to go about this mission.

1. First of all, minimize all windows [ of the PC, not your building's ] and take a snapshot of the desktop. The 'Print Scrn' button on top row of keyboard does that.


2. Open a new empty document on MSPaint and paste the snapshot here [ by pressing ctrl + v ]. Save this image.


3. Now, right click on an empty space of the desktop and uncheck the 'show desktop icons' option. All the icons on the desktop should get hidden now and it should be free of all icons.


4. Set the saved image as the wallpaper on your desktop. Half of your job is done.


5. Now, right click on the taskbar and select 'properties'. On the window that pops-up, check / select the 'auto hide' option so that it is enabled. Next click 'OK'.

AND VOILA. U'r ready with all your camouflage ready.

Hope U have lotsa fun playing this prank on all your friends [ and opponents as well ]. Lemme know what did U do with this and how many time. See U next time.

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