[red-beard]

I use the destop in XP for 2 functions.

1. I have a bunch of short cuts, both for programs and for folders and network folders.
2. I temporarily store/use it as a directory.

I don't really care if the items in part 2 get moved around. But "My Computer", and "My documents", Short cuts to folders and Network folders, it is much easier to find them if they are in the same place. Also, once I'm done with the items in part 2, I drag and drop them onto the short cuts.

This still works in Win 7, but the icons/files move around, and that is annoying.

I also keep some of the short cuts on the menu bar. Win 7 does this as well, but I only kept a few on the menu bar, and more on the desktop.

The other thing that is kind of annoying is when you save a file, it opens a full screen window, which covers up everything else. And a slight step backwards, when saving a file, if you want to create a new sub-driectory, XP had a small icon, Win 7 has the word spelled out "New Folder", in a different place. Strange.