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Hack 13 Remove "Unremovable" Desktop Icons
To create your own customized XP interface, you
need to be able to remove certain desktop icons. A Registry hack lets
you remove any you want, including those apparently protected by
XP.
Creating the perfect, customized
XP interface doesn't only mean changing icons; it
also means removing them. For example, many power users look down
their nose at America Online, and yet, on many systems, that icon
can't be removed easily.
America Online isn't the only icon protected this
way; many others are as well. Which desktop icons are protected on
your system will depend on your exact version of XP (for example,
SP-1) and the manufacturer of your PC. The
Recycle Bin is protected on all
versions, but the America Online icon is protected on some systems,
and not on others.
To customize XP to your liking, you'll want to be
able to delete these protected icons. To do so,
you'll need a Registry hack. Run the Registry Editor
[Hack #68] and go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace.
Here's where you'll find various
special desktop icons. They're not listed by name,
but instead by CLSIDfor example,
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} for the
Recycle Bin. Table 2-3 in [Hack #12] lists
CLSIDs of common desktop objects, so use
it to find the CLSID of the icon you want to delete.
To remove an icon from the desktop, simply delete the key of the
iconfor example,
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} for the
Recycle Bin. Then exit the Registry, go to your Desktop, and press F5
to refresh the screen. The Recycle Bin icon should now be gone.
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Some CLSIDs in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace
can be deleted from the desktop without having to go through this
procedure, but when you try to delete them they may give you a
special warning message. For example, when you try to delete
Microsoft Outlook from
the Desktop, you get the warning message "The
Outlook Desktop icon provides special functionality and we recommend
that you do not remove it." If
you'd like, you can edit that message to display
whatever you want. In the CLSID's subkeyfor
example, {00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
for Microsoft Outlookyou'll find the value
Removal Message. Edit this value to whatever text
you want, and your warning message will appear whenever someone tries
to delete the icon.
Keep in mind that when you remove desktop icons
you're removing only icons, not the underlying
feature or program. So, the Recycle Bin still works even if you
remove its icon. To open the Recycle Bin, go to
C:\RECYCLER and open the folder inside it. To
restore an item that's been deleted, right-click on
it and choose Properties 
Restore. Delete items as you
would any other item.
