Hide desktop icons & lock Right-click on desktop

Hide desktop icons & lock Right-click on desktop
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:

>>: 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.


>>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