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To hide all the desktop icons, right-click an empty area in the Desktop and choose Arrange Icons By, and uncheck Show Desktop Items. This hides all the icons in your desktop. To hide all the desktop icons except the namespace icons such as My Computer, Recycle Bin, My Documents, Internet Explorer icons, follow the method given in this article. |
Open REGEDIT and navigate to the following location:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel
In the right-pane, create a new REG_DWORD {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Double-click {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} and set it's value to 1
Refresh the Desktop view by pressing F5 key.
You'll see that all the icons are hidden except the namespace icons such as My Computer, Recycle Bin, My Documents. To undo the changes, assign {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} a value of 0.
NOTE: If you're using Classic Start Menu, you need to create the REG_DWORD in this key:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu
