I have a question about Hide all Icons on the Desktop:

I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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I suppose there is a way to do it by editing the registry but there are a lot of freeware and shareware programs but one I like and use in Win98 and Win2K. It changes the wallpaper at regular intervals sets the text color and makes the background transparent Wallpaper Changer

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You can use the Group Policy MMC to remove some desktop icons and tweak a few settings to increase security. See the following image...note: to open the GP MMC, go to your Start Menu >> Run >> type "gpedit.msc" (no quotes) >> hit Enter.

Then go to the location you see in the left hand side of the graphic. In fact, if you're looking to tweak your system, check the whole thing out, there are lots of little security tweak in there





On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 7:41 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>I have a question about Hide
>all Icons on the Desktop:

>
>I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions
>but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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Ta for your comprehensive reply Carl.I was finally able to get it working.The best way I found is to enable active desktop and then hide icons becomes an option under customize when you right click on the desktop. Cheers mate


On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 9:37 pm, Curt R wrote:
>

You can use the Group Policy MMC to remove some desktop icons and tweak a few
>settings to increase security. See the following image...note: to open the GP MMC,
>go to your Start Menu >> Run >> type "gpedit.msc" (no quotes) >> hit Enter.

Then
>go to the location you see in the left hand side of the graphic. In fact, if you're
>looking to tweak your system, check the whole thing out, there are lots of little
>security tweak in there



>
>


>On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 7:41 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>I have a question about Hide
>all Icons on the Desktop:

>
>I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions
>but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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Sorry,Curt-my short term memory is not great.


On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 11:19 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>Ta for your comprehensive reply Carl.I was finally able to get it working.The best
>way I found is to enable active desktop and then hide icons becomes an option under
>customize when you right click on the desktop. Cheers mate
>
>


>On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 9:37 pm, Curt R wrote:
>

You can use the Group Policy MMC to remove some desktop icons and tweak a few
>settings to increase security. See the following image...note: to open the GP MMC,
>go to your Start Menu >> Run >> type "gpedit.msc" (no quotes) >> hit Enter.

Then
>go to the location you see in the left hand side of the graphic. In fact, if you're
>looking to tweak your system, check the whole thing out, there are lots of little
>security tweak in there



>
>


>On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 7:41 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>I have a question about Hide
>
>all Icons on the Desktop:

>
>I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions
>
>but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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Join the club.... *grin*........somedays I'm lucky to remember my own name. I'll have to remember your fix, I don't use the web style desktop myself........But I now see there are some uses for it!




On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 11:21 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>Sorry,Curt-my short term memory is not great.

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http://download.com.com/3000-2195-1617067.html?legacy=cnet Use this URL to download icondesk .. it will remove all icons with a single click..click again and they are back.


On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 8:27 pm, KDE wrote:
>I suppose there is a way to do it by editing the registry but there are a lot of
>freeware and shareware programs but one I like and use in Win98 and Win2K. It changes
>the wallpaper at regular intervals sets the text color and makes the background transparent
> Wallpaper Changer

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Start the Registry Editor Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD value Name it "NoDesktop" Double-click this entry and give it the value 1 Close the registry editor and reboot your computer To restore the icons on the desktop, change the value of the NoDesktop Key to 0.


On Saturday, November 10, 2001 at 8:45 am, Curt R wrote:
>

Join the club.... *grin*........somedays I'm lucky to remember my own name. I'll
>have to remember your fix, I don't use the web style desktop myself........But I
>now see there are some uses for it!


>

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Hiya, i think the easiest way to hide all the icons on the desktop is to right click 
on the desktop > active desktop > show desktop icons

Hope this helps

Regards

Dan






On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 7:41 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>I have a question about Hide 
>all Icons on the Desktop:

>
>I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions 
>but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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I prefer that method as well, Dan. But, everytime i do this, it not only removes the icons, but also my wallpaper. And on top of that, it adds a very bothersome taskbar on the lefthand side of the desktop which has options like "make new folder" "share this folder" "shared documents" etc. How do you make the wallpaper stay and the taskbar leave??


On Friday, July 4, 2003 at 1:26 pm, Dan wrote:
>
>Hiya, i think the easiest way to hide all the icons on the desktop is to right click
>on the desktop > active desktop > show desktop icons
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Regards
>
>Dan
>
>

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How do you get icons off the Desk top. help


On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 7:41 pm, Bigalow wrote:
>I have a question about Hide
>all Icons on the Desktop:

>
>I have win2k pro and I've tried hiding all my desktop icons as per the instructions
>but it didn't work.Can it be done with 2kpro and if so I'd love to know how. Cheers

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