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Change the desktop background to a solid color, if hide the icons!


Some users sometimes need a clean, monochrome desktop with no icons, this is easy to do no on Windows 11, 10, ... etc. and MS Server OS!




Content:

1.) ... Activating the monochrome desktop and how it works!
2.) ... What is this good for, what can I do with it? 


1.) Activating the monochrome desktop and how it works!

1. Start ► AutoHideDesktopIcons for MS Windows as always  

2. Activate the option: Change the desktop background to a color

3. Now not only the desktop icons are hidden, but the desktop color is also changed

(... see Image-1 Point 1 and 2)

How it works!

No system settings are changed here, or the desktop background image / wallpaper on the system, as it was determined during development that Windows takes a long time, 1-3 seconds, and the desktop flickers. The program creates a mouse-permeable window that is placed exactly over the wallpaper area. So here the desktop background is covered by this window in the color you preset!

 
(Image-1) Change the desktop background to a solid color while hiding the icons!
Change the desktop background to a solid color while hiding the icons!

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2.) What is this good for, what can I do with it? 


By temporarily deactivating the background image, for example with a black background and without symbols, you can possibly take a clean screenshot or implement various other automation processes better!  

a.) ... For example, the desktop background when the program starts!
b.) ... Or hide and show the icons from the To-Tray area!

a.) For example, the desktop background when the program starts!

You can hide the desktop icons and the color when the program starts, in order to automate it and control it with batch / script files!

See ► Let the program end correctly using parameters!   

(Image-2) Monochrome desktop background when the program starts!
Monochrome desktop background when the program starts!

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b.) Or hide and show the icons from the To-Tray area!

1. Set the timer to maximum

2. Now you can show and hide the symbols using the To-Tray menu

(... see Image-3 Point 1 to 3)

Or this variant: ►► Hide and display the desktop symbols without a timer !


(Image-3) hide the desktop background and show via Info-Area in the taskbar!
ide the desktop background and show via Info-Area in the taskbar!

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FAQ 7: Updated on: 26 August 2023 18:12 Windows


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