This will hide the icons:
VB Code:
Public Declare Function FindWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowExA" (ByVal hWnd1 As Long, ByVal hWnd2 As Long, ByVal lpsz1 As String, ByVal lpsz2 As String) As Long
Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Long
Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nCmdShow As Long) As Long
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim h, h1, h2 As Long
h = FindWindow("progman", vbNullString)
h1 = FindWindowEx(h, 0&, "SHELLDLL_DefView", vbNullString)
ShowWindow h1, 0
End Sub