Hide and disable all items on the desktop: registry value NoDesktopComputerHKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Policy ID

NoDesktop

Scope

Computer Configuration, User Configuration

Supported on

At least Windows 2000

Source

Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)

Category

Desktop

Registry