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  • cbp · 3 years ago
    I do not have that option when I right click, why not?
  • risherz · 3 years ago
    Hmm... that's interesting. Are you sure you are right clicking on your desktop (this is where all the icons are and you can see your wallpaper). Make sure that you aren't right clicking on your taskbar or something else.

    It should be one of the first options you see when you right click. Then just hover your mouse over it and another menu should pop-up, in that just click on "Show Desktop Icons". And that should hide all the icons...

    Hope this helps :D
    Risherz
  • Anonymous · 2 years ago
    WOW So easy! Been fiddling using other blogs etc. Got lost.
    Very easy to understand.
    Thnx U


    genimac 8) 8)
  • Jthib · 1 year ago
    I have lost the ability to do this for some reason. Is there a way to fix this?
  • Fred · 9 months ago
    it also removes my wallpaper... so its totally idiot for me cuz i want to hide the icons just to see my wallpaper
  • J · 9 months ago
    Worked like a charm... Best thing to do on friends is take a screenshot of your friends computer while everything in minimised and then apply this as the desktop background.

    Now hide all the icons and watch and laugh as the try clicking on @icons' and nothing happens
  • Rob · 8 months ago
    One of my PC's (XP Pro) also does NOT have that option.
    Anyone come up with a solution ?
  • fgsfds · 6 months ago
    Well that was ridiculously simple.
  • buzz · 5 months ago
    there is a god.
    thank you
    buzz
  • Riyas · 5 months ago
    many thanks!
  • Neil · 4 months ago
    There is no such "Show Desktop Icons" option.
  • reedsmith · 4 months ago
    On step number 1, you say right click on your desktop. What does that mean? There is no desktop icon, just the front page where all the icons are located. Tell me specifically how and where to find the "desktop" so I can right click it
  • Ger · 2 months ago
    Hah. I have seen this option before. For whatever reason, I don't have it now. I had it before formatting my PC. I have NO idea what makes it appear or not, lol. So strange. Oh well.
  • David · 2 months ago
    I don't see "Show Desktop Icons" on my XP box
  • frolo11 · 1 month ago
    1: just right-click on your screen and read options
  • winston09 · 11 hours ago
    How do I make a hide desktop items on the taskbar for shortcut method in XP (sp2)?