   | Senior Member with 158 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: U.S.A Maryland Experience: Intermediate | | Hiding Desktop Icons In Windows XP 1) Right-click a blank area of your desktop.
2) Point to "Arrange Icons By" in the pop-up menu.
3) In the secondary menu, click the "Show Desktop Icons" option
to remove the checkmark.
That's it! No more icons. To restore them just run the drill
again to put the checkmark back next to "Show Desktop Icons"
and all of your shortcut icons will be back again. |  | Distinguished Member with 4,115 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Moncton N.B. Experience: Intermediate | | Um, good trick, but why would we want are icons gone?
Alan | | | Senior Member with 158 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: U.S.A Maryland Experience: Intermediate | | You might have a breathtaking picture as your Wallpaper, and all of those Icons would obscure the beauty of it. | | | Member with 65 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington Experience: Intermediate | | Hahahahaha, good answer. And a good tip. Thanks!
(setting up breathtaking wallpaper....) | | | Distinguished Member with 4,115 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Moncton N.B. Experience: Intermediate | | 
Good answer.
Welcome to TSG.
Alan
EDIT: Sorry, you've been here a while, my bad.
Last edited by Alan18 : 30-Jun-2005 04:22 PM.
|  | Distinguished Member with 2,158 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter | | When I arrange my Icons, they get mad...  .... 
So,,,, I leave them alone...  Good tip...  |  | Distinguished Member with 6,940 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kansas Experience: Advanced | | I use the bblean for windows, a shell replacement. It doesn't even let you have icons on your desktop in the first place! |  | Moderator with 36,830 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont | | The Wonderful Icon, despite its unfortunate name, gives you a lot of control over desktop icons, allows minimizing apps and windows to the tray, etc.
Another good one is WatchCat. |  | Distinguished Member with 2,143 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida USA | | | | | | Moderator with 36,830 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont |
30-Jun-2005, 10:25 PM
#10 | Am I missing something, or is there no expiration on the trial?
"Price: $15" |  | Distinguished Member with 3,201 posts. | | Join Date: May 2005 Experience: Desktop Themer |
30-Jun-2005, 10:34 PM
#11 | lol, a freebie that you pay 15 dollars for.
And kenny, I have seen that icon war movie and it's pretty funny. | | | Distinguished Member with 2,143 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida USA |
30-Jun-2005, 11:16 PM
#12 | I won't argue with what you are posting. I did not read the "offering" but was just relying on what I have been using for 2-3 years, which is free. I assumed it still was.
Sorry for mis-directing you. It is an easy to use program and when activated by the user, a pair of "eye balls" sit in the Sys Tray and the desktop icons go away. Click on the eyes and the icons are back!! Again, I am sorry for the false alarm. Don't think it is worth the $15 unless something more in now included in the software/
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30-Jun-2005, 11:20 PM
#13 | The good freebies always end up costing. That's why I'm more diligent about updating the good freeware than the payware so that I'll get the last of the free ones.
But take a look at the ones I mentioned above. They are still free and similar. | | | Distinguished Member with 2,143 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Florida USA |
30-Jun-2005, 11:25 PM
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