6.8.1999

Icons are helpful in visually describing what lies beneath them, and sometimes textual reminders are a bit too much. You know that the book icon is for launching your favorite word processor--but you can't have a textless icon... or can you? Rename the icon (select it and tap the 'F2' key). While depressing either ALT key, enter '0160' on your numeric keypad. This should create a blank space. At that point, you can hit ENTER and the icon will no longer have text underneath it. If you'd like other 'nameless' icons on your Desktop, enter an additional '0160' for each one (remember, no two shortcut icons can have the same filename).