Safe Removal of Desktop Icons

[TMitchell]

Can I safely remove (via XPTweakui) the icons for Internet Explorer, My
Computer, My Documents and My Network Places without causing
functionality problems? (I'm asking because I recall that I couldn't
safely remove some of these icons from the desktop in my old Windows
2000 system.)

 

[lvee]

do you want them removed from the system? I'm not sure if that can be done,
but you can remove them from desktop. Go to display in Control
Panel>desktop>customize>and de-select okay/apply your way out. If you want
to remove them from the Start Menu, go to Start Menu, right
click>properties>start menu>customize>advance>select 'Don't display this
item' to those you don't want displayed.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Right-click on your Desktop and select:
Properties > Desktop > Customize Desktop >
General Tab, then uncheck the Desktop icons
you do not want displayed, click OK.


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| Can I safely remove (via XPTweakui) the icons for Internet Explorer, My
| Computer, My Documents and My Network Places without causing
| functionality problems? (I'm asking because I recall that I couldn't
| safely remove some of these icons from the desktop in my old Windows
| 2000 system.)

 

[TMitchell]

do you want them removed from the system? I'm not sure if that can be done,
but you can remove them from desktop. Go to display in Control
Panel>desktop>customize>and de-select okay/apply your way out. If you want
to remove them from the Start Menu, go to Start Menu, right
click>properties>start menu>customize>advance>select 'Don't display this
item' to those you don't want displayed.

OK. Thank you. I used XPTweakui to remove them from the desktop. I
juts wanted to make sure it was safe to do so given based on my
experience of having been warned not to remove them from the W2K desktop.

 

[lvee]

good job, glad it all worked out.

OK. Thank you. I used XPTweakui to remove them from the desktop. I juts
wanted to make sure it was safe to do so given based on my experience of
having been warned not to remove them from the W2K desktop.