Active Desktop Warning

Several people use the Desktop as temporary folder of everything, eye catching pictures that they found from the Internet for example. Unfortunately, if you put the picture by dragging and dropping it directly from Internet Explorer to your Desktop, the annoying "Do you want to add an Active Desktop item to your desktop" message will appear on your screen. Here is the tip to get around this situation:

Drop the image into a folder (or folder shortcut). Or, drag & drop the non-hyperlinked Web graphic into your Outlook or Outlook Express Inbox to automatically attach it to a new mail message, then drag & drop the image's icon onto your Desktop. You may then close the unused message.