Hi all, my name is Phil and I am an addi... oops, wrong forum. Cool trick Edvard, but it does not work if I choose to hide desktop icons by right clicking on an empty area on your desktop and unticking 'show desktop icons'. Any idea why?

Thanks,

Phil

BTW, my box runs on xp sp2.

Strangely, this trick works fine if I click on the 'show the desktop' button on the taskbar to hide icons and active windows.