The application is portable (no installation required) and is very simple to use. After downloading the tool, extract it and drag and drop HideDesktop Icon to your Windows 7 taskbar. Just click on it to hide and unhide desktop icons. You can also launch the application y creating a keyboard shortcut. To do that, right click – properties and then shortcut and enter a key combination in the “shortcut” field. You may need to put this in the start menu or desktop to work. Download (81Kb) HideDesktopIcon