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does keeping many shortcuts and files stored on desktop slow the startup and performance of the system? - rajesh marndi i use vista

Best Answer: Keeping shortcuts and files on your desktop is a quick way of accessing the files on your hard drive. That doesn't affect the speed at which your computer operates. They are only links - they don't use up any of your computer's processing power. There isn't any way of actually "storing" files on the desktop - they are stored on your hard drive, but you can link to them from the desktop. Things will start to slow down, though, if your hard drive is getting near the limit of its capacity. Look at "properties" under the C drive icon in My Computer - if your hard drive is more than about two-thirds full it may be time to look at how you can free up some space. As far as I know that is the only way in which stored data can make your system run more slowly. - Susan

Well, I've heard that if your desktop is packed with icons everywhere, it's going to take longer for everything to startup and load, so I like to keep the desktop clean. - Nick

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