>>>Do you have Desktop Cleanup turned off?
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>>It's off. I've now unchecked Lock Desktop Items as well. Will see after next reboot.
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>I don't know if this matters and I have never done any metrics on it. I have the desktop completely turned off. I use Launchy instead of opening the Start Menu. All toolbars unticked on the Task Bar.

Trying out launchy, and from what I can see, it's quite handy for some things. May need a bit of taming, but that's to be expected.

Now how do I turn the desktop off. Specifically, how do I get to have nothing in the start menu and the toolbars?