So how many icons do you have on your desktop? I had more than 35 icons at first...many of them were .gif files and many were .zip files. Therefore, I made folders on my desktop for relevant stuff.
After deleting, making folders, moving stuff and spending time on it, I have managed to come down to 16 icons. Many of them are .txt files which still need to be sorted out
I do not have many at all I only have 12 and they are for the things I need to have fast accsess to so I put them on the desktop. i used to only have about 5 but I now need more things on the desktop.