Remove All Icons from your Desktop
By: Arie SlobHere is how to remove all the icons on your desktop:
- Start the Registry Editor
- Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Current Version \ Policies \ Explorer
- From the menu select Edit > New > DWORD value
- Name it NoDesktop
- Double-click this entry and give it the value 1
- Close the registry editor and reboot your computer
To restore the Icons on the desktop, you have to change the value of the NoDesktop Key to 0.