Remove the "Learn About This Picture" Icon from the Windows Spotlight Desktop Background |
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If you are using the Windows Spotlight desktop background theme, you might have noticed the icon that appears on each picture that is called Learn more about this picture. You can click on the icon to open a web browser to find out information regarding the particular photo being used as your wallpaper. If you don't want this icon to be on your desktop, then it's easy to remove with a simple registry edit.
If you want the icon back, you can change the value back to 0 ore delete the {2cc5ca98-6485-489a-920e-b3e88a6ccce3} value. Here are the instructions from the video. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel Right click on NewStartPanel and select New - DWORD (32-bit) value Name the value {2cc5ca98-6485-489a-920e-b3e88a6ccce3} Double click on {2cc5ca98-6485-489a-920e-b3e88a6ccce3} and change the value data to 1 Right click on your desktop and select Refresh Learn More: Check out our comprehensive, step-by-step Easily Master Windows 11 course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/master-microsoft-windows-11/?referralCode=275B52A2DF2E8FAFA0EC Check out our book titled Windows 11 Made Easy to take your Windows skills to the next level! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HFXWXRY?maas=maas_adg_1863968210AA0A3C00F353FFDF5361B6_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas #windows11 #windows11tips #windowsspotlight #windowswallpaper |