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    Hide desktop icons and lockdown right-click on desktop

    To hide all Desktop Icons from Explorer, use the following Windows NT / Windows 2000 / Windows XP registry hack:

    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
    Name: NoDesktop
    Type: REG_DWORD
    Value: 1


    With this key enabled, in addition, you cannot right click on the desktop to get a context menu. This is a lockdown option.

    Almost all Windows NT registry hacks work for Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows NT and Windows XP have the Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer key by default.

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    Re: Hide desktop icons and lockdown right-click on desktop

    To hide all Desktop Icons from Explorer but still enable right-clicking on the desktop there is the following registry hack :

    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
    Name: HideIcons
    Type: REG_DWORD
    Value: 1

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    Re: Hide desktop icons and lockdown right-click on desktop

    I think this is what has happened to my laptop....How do I fix it???!!! My son let my 2 yr old watch Dora and now I have a drk grey screen with Vaio security cneter and productivity center and entertainment center across the bottom of the screen. I have no start up menu, no icons and my right click is not working nor any of the buttons on my laptop. I have tried shuting it down, I took the battery off and tried to restart it, but it didn't help. Does anyone know what I can do???
    Please help!!
    Christina

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    Re: Hide desktop icons and lockdown right-click on desktop

    to hide desktop icons just right click on desktop>Arrange icons by>unmark show desktop icons

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