No Hide Desktop Icons on x64 XP?

[OrbitzXT]

My computer decided it wanted my attention and I ended up having to reinstall it. After deleting the partition I realized I lent out my Vista disc so I ended up having to borrow a x64 XP my friend downstairs has until I can get my disc back. Anyway, when I right click the desktop and go to Arrange Icons there is no option there to hide icons on the desktop like I'm accustomed to on other versions of XP. Is there some way to do this with this version of XP? At the moment all I have on the desktop is the recycling bin, so if its not I suppose its not the end of the world, but I'd still like the option since I do like to let files accumulate there without having to stare at them.

 

[newtekie1]

Found this fix on another site, hope it helps.

Click Start>Run, type regedit, click Ok, drill down in the registry to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

On the right side you have a list with 4 items, I added the last myself since I do not use Recent Documents...
ForceActiveDesktopOn
NoActiveDesktop
NoActiveDesktopChanges
NoDriveTypeAutoRun
NoRecentDocsHistory

Double-Click each of the above listed and edit the Value data field, set it to 0 to disable the effect and set the number to 1 to enable a setting.

Mine are setup like this:
ForceActiveDesktopOn 0x00000000 (0)
NoActiveDesktop 0x00000000 (0)
NoActiveDesktopChanges 0x00000000 (0)
NoDriveTypeAutoRun 95 00 00 00
NoRecentDocsHistory 0x00000001 (1)

When done reboot and the right-click option is back again.

Also double-check here if the above does not work although it should.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer]

 

[Wayward]

Thanks, newtekie1. I needed this.