Hide All Desktop Icons

Ever wished your desktop is clean without icons forever? Here's the deal.

Click Start-Run-and type 'regedit' Browse to:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USERKey: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ExplorerName: NoDesktop Type: REG_DWORDValue: 1
With this key enabled, in addition, you cannot right click on the desktop to get a context menu. This is a lockdown option.

Almost all Windows NT registry hacks work for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows NT and Windows XP have the Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer key by default. Windows 2000 does not. But if you create the key with the NoDesktop value set to 1, the hack works for Windows 2000 also. When you create the Explorer key under Policies, you will be prompted for a class. Leave it blank.


To hide all Desktop Icons from Explorer but still enable right-clicking on the desktop there is the following registry hack :
Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USERKey: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AdvancedName: HideIcons Type: REG_DWORDValue: 1