Hiding Desktop Icons

Mr. Bobster,

Install TweakUI if you just want this done to your machine. TweakUI (located
on the Win98 CD) allows you to remove ALL icons from your desktop.

Eric

NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com (Billy Bobster) wrote:
>Howdy all,
>
>Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
>Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
>seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
>
>Am using VB6.
>
>Thanks for any info.
>
>me
>
>

Billy,

If we're talking programmatically, check out the HideShell sample at
www.vbbox.com

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Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/

Billy Bobster <NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com> wrote in message
news:38cfefb0.236601@news.dev-archive.com...
> Howdy all,
>
> Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
> Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
> seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
>
> Am using VB6.
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> me
>
>

I don't think it can hide MyComputer, at least mine won't.

Pete

Eric D. Burdo <vbtips@redleif.com> wrote in message
news:38cff378$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>
> Mr. Bobster,
>
> Install TweakUI if you just want this done to your machine. TweakUI
(located
> on the Win98 CD) allows you to remove ALL icons from your desktop.
>
> Eric
>
> NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com (Billy Bobster) wrote:
> >Howdy all,
> >
> >Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
> >Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
> >seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
> >
> >Am using VB6.
> >
> >Thanks for any info.
> >
> >me
> >
> >
>

Thanks! Worked like a charm.

>Billy,
>
>If we're talking programmatically, check out the HideShell sample at
>www.vbbox.com
>
>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>Please post/reply to the
>newsgroup(s)
>
>Klaus H. Probst, MVP
> http://www.vbbox.com/
> http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/
>
>
>Billy Bobster <NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com> wrote in message
>news:38cfefb0.236601@news.dev-archive.com...
>> Howdy all,
>>
>> Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
>> Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
>> seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
>>
>> Am using VB6.
>>
>> Thanks for any info.
>>
>> me
>>
>>
>

My version of TweakUI (for Win98) doesn't let you hide the My Computer
desktop icon. However, I don't have a My Computer desktop icon. Perhaps
that's why. Have you tried just deleting it?

Peter Young <pyoung@mr.net> wrote in message
news:38d0199a$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> I don't think it can hide MyComputer, at least mine won't.
>
> Pete
>
> Eric D. Burdo <vbtips@redleif.com> wrote in message
> news:38cff378$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> >
> > Mr. Bobster,
> >
> > Install TweakUI if you just want this done to your machine. TweakUI
> (located
> > on the Win98 CD) allows you to remove ALL icons from your desktop.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com (Billy Bobster) wrote:
> > >Howdy all,
> > >
> > >Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
> > >Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
> > >seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
> > >
> > >Am using VB6.
> > >
> > >Thanks for any info.
> > >
> > >me
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Public Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA"
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hWndChild As Long, ByVal lpszClassName As String,
ByVal lpszWindow As String) As Long
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal
nCmdShow As Long) As Long

Const SW_HIDE = 0
Const SW_SHOW = 5

Sub HideDesktop()

hWnd = FindWindowEx(0&, 0&, "Progman", vbNullString)
Call ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_HIDE)

End Sub

Sub ShowDesktop()

hWnd = FindWindowEx(0&, 0&, "Progman", vbNullString)
Call ShowWindow(hWnd, SW_SHOW)

End Sub

Hope it's useful

"Devin" <hoov@tm.net.my> escribi en el mensaje news:3ca865d6@10.1.10.29...
>
> "Billy Bobster" <NoSpamPlease@Bogus.com> wrote in message
> news:38cfefb0.236601@news.dev-archive.com...
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > Is there a way to hide, move offscreen, etc the desktop icons in
> > Win98? I want to just see the wallpaper, but some of the icons dont
> > seem to have an option to be removed from the desktop.
> >
> > Am using VB6.
> >
> > Thanks for any info.
> >
> > me
> >
> >
>
> Goto Setting Window Registry:
> Goto HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
> Version\Policies\Explorer
> Right Click on the right panel create New/DWORD
> Name it NoFile and give value of 1 then Reboot
>
> Note: Modify Window Registry is dangenous think if didn't backup.
>
>
>