Here is a neat trick, want to hide the icons on your desktop? Follow the instructions below:
- Right-click an empty area on the desktop, and select 'Arrange Icons By.'
- Uncheck the 'Show Desktop Icons' option.
This will hide the icons on your desktop. To unhide the icons just re-check the option.
How do you unhide it? LOL. I can't find it.
ReplyDeleteTo unhide the icons just re-check the 'Show Desktop Icons' option.
ReplyDeleteim trying but it just wont unhide
ReplyDelete* Right-click an empty area on the desktop, and select 'Arrange Icons By.'
ReplyDelete* Check the 'Show Desktop Icons' option.
Yeah, but the thing is: The hide option doesn't just make the icons go phantom, it makes the whole desktop inactive, so nothing can be done through the desktop; you'd have to do it through a "Explore" window, and one of the things that the process of hiding requires is the use of the desktop... se the paradox?
ReplyDeleteLaptop w/XP has 2 users. One works normally; the other has no icons showing on the desktop, and the right click does not work. I think the desktop is really there, but a blank screen may have been displayed over top of it. The Task Manager is prevented from opening, so I cannot check what's running, and the Administrative Tools directory is empty. Scanning w/M/S Security Essentials does not find a virus. I am completely confused!
ReplyDeleteHow can I unhide desktop icons when the right click is disabled?
ReplyDelete