How do u remove the "My Compuer" icon from desktop?

[jadison]

Just what it asked...

thanks

-jd-

[smokin1]

You can do it with a program called winboost
Winboost (http://www.magellass.com/)
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[CujoRbd]

or, if you don't want to download anything, then just do it in the registry.

i'll be back and post in just few minutes when i find the key.

(and BTW: most programs that modify your system itself (even TweakUI) just modify the registry, so anything (well, almost) you do in one of those types of proggies you can do without them!)

well, i'll be back in a bit, so... whatever.


CujoRbd

[CujoRbd]

well, i couldn't find the key i was looking for, but i did find two that are quite related.



Hide All Items on the Desktop (Windows 9x and NT)

Enabling this options hides all the items and programs on the Windows desktop.


Registry Settings:
Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Value Name: NoDesktop
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Quoted from RegEdit.com (http://www.regedit.com/) at this (http://www.regedit.com/cgi-bin/detail?id=147) page.





Hide Drives in My Computer (Windows 9x and NT)

This setting controls which drives are visible in 'My Computer', it is possible to hide all drives or just selected ones.

The value of 'NoDrives' defines which drives are visible. The low order (right most) bit is drive A: while the 26th bit is Drive Z: To hide a drive, turn on it's bit.

If your not happy working in Hex, add these decimal numbers to hide the drive(s):

A: 1, B: 2, C: 4, D: 8, E: 16, F: 32, G: 64, H: 128, I: 256, J: 512, K: 1024, L: 2048, M: 4096, N: 8192, O: 16384, P: 32768, Q: 65536, R: 131072, S: 262144, T: 524288, U: 1048576, V: 2097152, W: 4194304, X: 8388608, Y: 16777216, Z: 33554432, ALL: 67108863

Note: These drives will still appear in File Manager, to remove File Manager, delete winfile.exe.


Registry Settings:
Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Value Name: NoDrives
Data Type: REG_DWORD

Quoted from RegEdit.com (http://www.regedit.com/) at this (http://www.regedit.com/cgi-bin/detail?id=148) page.



these both work great. if you need any help, then just post or e-mail me (http://www.sysopt.com/cgi-bin/forum/Ultimate.cgi?action=email&ToWhom=CujoRbd).

if i do end up finding that registry key, then i'll tell you. but i doubt that i'll find it, so don't hold your breath.

and good luck to you in whatever it is that you are doing!


CujoRbd

[jadison]

Thanks a lot CujoRbd!!

What I wanted to do was have my desktop clean, like the one Mntsnow posted in the thread about desktops. That's all, but thanks for ur help!

-jd-