There is a more elegant way to hide all icons on the desktop in XP. You can automagically hide all your desktop icons from view so your desktop is completely clear, and you will still have one click access to all your desktop icons.

Simply right click on your task bar at the bottom of the screen and click on “Toolbars” and then click on “Desktop”. This adds a small “Desktop>>” item to the task bar. When you click on the “>>” all your desktop icons are displayed, including their descriptions. Now, to hide your desktop icons, just right click on your desktop, click on “Arrange Icons By”, and then click on “Show Desktop Icons” (to remove the check mark). That’s all you need to do.

If you choose to, you may move the “Desktop >>” toolbar to the top or either side of your desktop by simply clicking on and dragging the “Desktop>>” to the location you want it. I personally do not like this method because when you move the "Desktop >>" toolbar it displays the icons. But you can play around with re-sizing the tool bar if you want to try it.

Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Hide all Icons on the Desktop' (Cam: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 12:35 pm) re: Question about 'Hide all Icons on the Desktop' (John: Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 9:03 am)

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