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re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items'
Saturday, September 21, 2002 at 5:27 am
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Posted by Purple Monkey (4 messages posted)


If you want to to make all the icons on the desktop disapear then: Go in to explorer veiw->folder options... Select the veiw tab and check "Hide icons when desktop is veiwed as Web page". Then turn on active desktop.. TaDa!


On Monday, October 29, 2001 at 7:51 pm, Mike Greening wrote:
>Thanks Dale for your prompt response, but I guess my goals were unclear. I only
>wish to hide the My Computer icon from view (as opposed to removing it) by making
>it into a blank icon, then changing the name of the icon to a single space. I have
>used the method for hiding all icons on the desktop, but this restricts my ability
>to have a background image. My goal is to have a "naked" desktop, free of visible
>icons, with a backgroud wallpaper image. Is this possible?
>


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re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Mike Greening: Monday, October 29, 2001 at 7:51 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Mike Greening: Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 5:17 pm)
-re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Dale: Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 5:51 pm)
-re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Mike Greening: Mon, Oct 29, 2001, 7:51 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Purple Monkey: Sat, Sep 21, 2002, 5:27 am)
*re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Scott: Tue, Mar 26, 2002, 5:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Big Bubble: Mon, Jul 8, 2002, 10:15 am)
*re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (allaso: Tue, Sep 10, 2002, 5:35 pm)
*re: Question about 'Change the Icons of Desktop Items' (Ken Thompson: Tue, Jan 7, 2003, 1:18 pm)
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