Update on: 4 September 2024
Suitable for : Windows 11, Windows 10, 8.1, 7, ... , Server 2012-2025, 2022, x64, x32, x86
Suitable for : Windows 11, Windows 10, 8.1, 7, ... , Server 2012-2025, 2022, x64, x32, x86
AutoHideDesktopIcons - Program History
New in version 6.26 // 4 September 2024• Bug fix: when hiding icons and the option to hide the taskbar is enabled, the taskbar remains visible.
• Updated language files and new languages ??in Auto-Hide Desktop Icons: Ukrainian
• Many thanks to Kostia Karaban for the Ukrainian language.
New in version 6.21 // 31 July 2024
• New Code Sign certificate for AutoHideDesktopIcons.exe
• Important tests and verification of the application for hiding desktop icons on MS Windows Server 2025
• Necessary adjustments made for the new operating system
• Updates to the language files in the AutoHide Desktop Icons app!
New in version 6.12 // 9 April 2024
• Resolution of issues encountered when using multiple monitors while initiating the desktop icons hide feature.
• The auto-hide function for desktop icons has been specifically adjusted to ensure smooth functionality under Windows 11.
• The language files have been updated to ensure precise functionality in different languages and enhance the user experience.
• These updates have been implemented to optimize the stability, performance, and user-friendliness of the software and meet the users' requirements.
New in version 6.11 // 29 February 2024
• Bug fix in: Hide desktop icons when pressing the middle mouse button
• Updated language files in auto-hide desktop icons
New in version 6.07 // 26 September 2023
• Corrections in the uninstall routine of the Desktop Icons Hide application
• Update of language files and new languages in auto-hide desktop icons: Flemish
• Many thanks to Pierre VdC for the Flemish language.
New in version 6.06 // 22 August 2023
• New code sign certificate for Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons.exe
• Crucial Tests of Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons APP for Next MS Windows 11/10 Update
• Update of language files in Hide Desktop Icons application
New in version 6.01 // 5 June 2023
• Small tests and adjustments for the new MS Windows 11 update
• Updated language files in auto-hide desktop icons for all Windows operating systems
New in version 5.88 // 26 November 2022
• Verification and testing of the Hide Desktop Icons application Windows 11 22H2
• General fixes and small tweaks in the auto-hide desktop icons
New in version 5.77 // 12 September 2022
• Major adjustments and improvements in A.H.D.I on Windows 11
• General optimization and Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons language files update
New in version 5.66 // 7 August 2022
• Important adjustments in Auto Hide Icons application for older MS Windows NT operating systems
• Small corrections Update of the language files
New in version 5.61 // 28 June 2022
• Update of the language files and general improvements in the Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons Tool for Windows
• Small fixes and retests for Windows 11 next Update / Build
New in version 5.55 // 5 May 2022
• Bugfix when used on MS-Surface and Windows 11
• Some small adjustments in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons APP for all MS Windows OS
• Update of the language files.
New in version 5.51 // 29 March 2022
• Small fine-tuning in the desktop icon hide APP for Windows 11 and 10 version
• Important update of the language files
New in version 5.44 // 18 January 2022
• New: More Options: Show Icons and Taskbar when the mouse moves across the desktop
• General improvements in dark themes on MS Windows 11/10 OS
New in version 5.41 // 4 January 2022
• Small corrections when hiding the MS Windows OS desktop taskbar
• Important update of the language files
New in version 5.33 // 27 December 2021
• Support for dark themes / modes in the hiding of desktop icons APP for Windows 11 and 10
• Important update of the language files.
• Small optimizations in the desktop icon hiding tool for all MS Windows operating systems
New in version 5.22 // 16 November 2021
• Bugfix: Windows 11 with 4K screen and high screen scaling or DPI settings
• Small tweaks and optimizations in the Desktop icons hide application
• Update of the language files
New in version 5.15 // 5 September 2021
• Important corrections in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons for Windows 10 and 11!
• Update of the language files
New in version 5.11 // 1 August 2021
• Verification of the desktop icon hiding tool on MS Windows 11 OS
• Small adjustments for Windows 11
• Update of the language files in the tool for automatically hiding desktop icons
New in version 5.05 // 23 June 2021
• Important tests in the tool for automatically hiding desktop icons in Windows 10 Home
• New Code Sign certificate for AutoHideDesktopIcons.exe
• New language for auto-hide desktop icons: Bosnian
• Many thanks to Mujo for the Bosnian language.
New in version 5.01 // 14 May 2021
• Small corrections and adjustments for the new MS Windows 10 update
• Update of the language files in the Desktop Icons Tool
New in version 4.88 // 25 March 2021
• Small adjustments in the Auto Hide Desktop Icons Tool for all MS Windows OS
• Important update of the language files
New in version 4.77 // 1 February 2021
• New: Change the desktop background to a solid color when hiding the icons!
• New: Activate and deactivate via the To-Tray menu
• Update of the language files
New in version 4.71 // 31 January 2021
• New: Let the program terminate correctly via parameters!
• Small corrections to Auto Hide Desktop Icons
• Update of the language files
New in version 4.64 // 20 January 2021
• Update of the language and General improvements
• New language for the Auto Hide Desktop Icons Tool: Finnish
• Many thanks to Otto for the Finnish language
New in version 4.55 // 28 December 2020
• Bug-Fix when saving the settings
• Small corrections
• Update of the language files
New in version 4.52 // 5 December 2020
• Bug-Fix: in AutoHideDesktopIcons in hide Desktop Icons feature
New in version 4.51 // 4 December 2020
• Update of the language files in the auto hide Desktop Icons tool
• General improvements
• New languages: Filipino, Malay and Indonesian
• Many thanks to Washington for the Malay language.
• Many thanks to A. Lincoln for the Filipino language.
• Many thanks to Indonesian Super Girl for the Indonesian language.
New in version 4.44 // 9 November 2020
• Important fixes in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
• Update of the language files
New in version 4.33 // 23 September 2020
• Small tuning and general optimization in AutoHideDesktopIcons for all Windows OS
• Important update of the Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons language files
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Welsh
• Many thanks to The True King for the Welsh language.
New in version 4.31 // 29 August 2020
• The automatic hiding of the desktop icons can now be set to one second
• Small corrections and Update of the language files
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Hindi
• Thanks to The Hindi Man for the Hindi language
New in version 4.21 // 6 August 2020
• Small corrections update the language files
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Thai, Spanish-Venezuela
• Many thanks to Chanchana for the Thai language
• Many thanks to Ricardo A. Rivas for the Spanish language (Venezuela)
New in version 4.11 // 13 July 2020
• Important bug-fix in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
• Update of the language files and new language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Norwegian and Irisch
• Thanks to Brexit for the Irisch language.
• Thanks to Norsk-Superman for the Norwegian language.
New in version 4.04 // 2 June 2020
• Bigfix: If detect the default system language for multi-language support
• Thanks to the translators for 31 languages
• Small tweaks and Improvements
New in version 4.01 // 12 May 2020
• Important updates to the language files
• Small fixes in the desktop icons hide tool
• Many thanks to maboroshin for the Japanese language.
New in version 3.91 // 27 March 2020
• General improvements and update of the language files in the Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons Tool for Windows
• Small fixes and retests for Windows 10 Build 2004 version 001
New in version 3.88 // 29 October 2019
• Small improvements and update the language file
• Testing and Verification for Windows 10 November 2019 Update Build 18362
New in version 3.83 // 3 September 2019
• Improvements in hide desktop icons automatically
• Tests and customizations in the auto hider desktop icons tool for the next Windows 10 build
• Update the language files
New in version 3.81 // 30 July 2019
• Improvements: in the adjustable timer for desktop icons!
• General optimization
• Update the language files
New in version 3.77 // 28 June 2019
• New code signing certificate and update of the language files
• Small tweaks for Windows 10 and cosmetic corrections
• Improvements and optimizations
New in version 3.71 // 9 June 2019
• New in Auto Hide desktop icons, with multiple monitors, all taskbars are hidden.
• Small adjustments under Windows 10 so that icons and taskbar disappear on all monitors
• Updating the language files
New in version 3.66 // 28 April 2019
• Small adjustments for Windows 10 and updating of the language files in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons for Windows!
New in version 3.61 // 19 February 2019
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Afrikaans language from South Africa
• Update the language files and small design corrections
• Thanks to Theuns Oosthuizen for the Afrikaans language from South Africa.
New in version 3.55 // 6 February 2019
• Small adjustments, update the language files!
• Small tuning for Win 10 and general optimization.
New in version 3.51 // 20 December 2018
• Updating of the language files and small adjustments in the Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons
New in version 3.49 // 18 November 2018
• Small fine cuts and update of the language files in the AutoHideDesktopIcons
• Small adjustments in x64 Version and general optimisation
New in version 3.44 // 1 October 2018
• Test under the new preview build of Windows 10 October Update 2018!
• Update of language files in the AutoHideDesktopIcons for Windows.
New in version 3.41 // 15 July 2018
• Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
• Various improvements and optimizations for MS Web server 2016 and Windows 10-Redstone 4
New in version 3.41 // 15 July 2018
• Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
• Various improvements and optimization for MS Web Server 2016 and Windows 10 - Redstone 4
New in version 3.33 // 17 May 2018
• Some small Adjustments in AutoHideDesktopIcons
• Test on Windows 10 Update Build 1804 - 17134 (Redstone 4)
• Code Signing certificate and update of the language files AutoHideDesktopIcons
• New language: Spanish
• Thanks to Kiketrucker for the Spanish language.
New in version 3.21 // 13 April 2018
• New: Disable and Exit via To-Tray menu for Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons
• Separate version for the portable use of AutoHideDesktopIcons for Windows 10 and 8.1 (Protected Folder Problem).
• No support for non NT-Systemsm, the AutoHideDesktopIcons.exe is UNICODE now.
• Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
New in version 3.11 // 2 April 2018
• Small fixes and recompiles of AutoHideDesktopIcons, for false virus warning
• Avast antivirus, although no virus was present plus Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons.
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Korean.
• Thanks to Venus Girl for the Korean language.
New in version 3.04 // 3 March 2018
• Bug-Fix: in AutoHideDesktopIcons timer.
• Small adjustments and upgrade of the AutoHideDesktopIcons language files.
New in version 3.03 // 5 February 2018
• Extend the AutoHideDesktopIcons timer to 3 hours,
• if you want to hide and show the desktop icons without timer.
• Small adjustments and beauty corrections on AutoHideDesktopIcons.
New in version 3.01 // 22 December 2017
• Bug-Fix: When recognizing the standard language (default user language).
• Improvements and adjustments as well as upgrade of the language files
New in version 2.99 // 16 November 2017
• Small adjustments for Windows 10 / x64 and update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons.
New in version 2.96 // 9 October 2017
• And again small adjustments for Windows 10 with Creators Update.
• Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons.
New in version 2.92 // 1 August 2017
• Small fixes for Windows 10 x64 and updating of the language files.
New in version 2.88 // 23 June 2017
• Improvements and small adjustments for Windows 10 Creators Update.
• Update of the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons and new Language: Czech
• Thanks to Aqarius for the Czech language.
New in version 2.85 // 28 March 2017
• Small fixes for x64 OS and language files update.
New in version 2.82 // 3 December 2016
• Extend of the AutoHideDesktopIcons Timer to 300 seconds.
• New Function: Hide Desktop Icons permanently, to not to see the desktop icons for a long time.
• New function: right mouse tray menu.
New in version 2.81 // 1 August 2016
• Small fixes in AutoHideDesktopIcons for Windows-10.
New in version 2.78 // 29 April 2016
• Update of the language files and Improvements for Windows 10 and Windows-Server 2016 in AutoHideDesktopIcons.
New in version 2.77 // 24 January 2016
• Improvements for Windows 10 and update of the language files.
New in version 2.75 // 23 August 2015
• Full functionality of AutoHideDesktopIcons on Windows 10.
New in version 2.73 // 8 June 2015
• Small fixes in Windows x64 and updating of the language files.
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Arabic (العربية).
• Thanks to Majd Kaka (مجد قعقع) for the Arabic language.
New in version 2.72 // 12 May 2015
• Bug-Fix AutoHideDesktopIcons for Windows 10 Pro.
New in version 2.71 // 20 November 2014
• Verification and testing of AutoHideDesktopIcons on Windows 10 Technical-Preview.
New in version 2.67 // 22 July 2014
• Small fixes in Windows Server 2012 and updating language files.
New in version 2.66 // 14 July 2014
• 1. Updating of language files and some improvements.
• 2. New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Danish!
• Thanks to KP for the Danish language.
New in version 2.61 // 8 June 2014
• New optional feature: show the icons when moving the mouse over the Windows desktop.
• This feature can be activated via more options.
New in version 2.56 // 8 April 2014
• New optional feature hide desktop icons via middle mouse button click.
New in version 2.56 // 6 April 2014
• Some improvements in x64 OS and updating of language files and.
New in version 2.55 // 25 March 2014
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Romanian, and small fine cuts!
• Thanks to Ivan Karadzhov for the Romanian language.
New in version 2.44 // 11 March 2014
• Some improvements and updating of language files.
New in version 2.42 // 19 February 2014
• Updating of language files and some improvements in x64 OS.
New in version 2.41 // 14 February 2014
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Kabardian (Adyghe), and small fine cuts!
• Thanks to Romazan Kirzhinov for the Kabardian language.
New in version 2.34 // 16 December 2013
• New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Hebrew, and small fine cuts!
• Thanks to Jack G. for the Hebrew language.
New in version 2.33 // 26 November 2013
• Important bug-fix in AutoHideDesktopIcons!
New in version 2.32 // 6 November 2013
• New feature (optional): Hide desktop icons while desktop context menu!
• Verification, validation, and further testing for/on Windows-8.1.
New in version 2.25 // 26 August 2013
• New feature (optional): Hide desktop icons at program start!
New in version 2.23 // 12 August 2013
• Verification and testing of the AutoHideDesktopIcons for Windows-8.1 tested on Windows 8.1 Pro Preview.
• Persian language in AutoHideDesktopIcons and update of the language files.
• Thanks to Gorgeaseman for the Persian language.
New in version 2.22 // 8 August 2013
• Four new languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Swedish, Japanese, Polish and Kabardian language
• Update the language files and small design corrections
• Thanks to Åke Engelbrektson for the Swedish language.
• Thanks to Tomohiko Hoshino for the Japanese language.
• Thanks to Jacki for the Polish language.
• Thanks to Romazan Kirzhinov for the Kabardian language.
New in version 2.05 // 16 July 2013
• # New option: desktop icons visible when pressing Windows [Win+D] shortcut!
New in version 2.04 // 20 June 2013
• Adaptation and improvements for Windows 8 and small optimization!
New in version 2.02 // 6 March 2013
• Corrections in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons for Win-8 x64 and language files update.
New in version 2.01 // 28 October 2012
• Advanced testing and verification on Windows 8 Enterprise.
• Download: ... Download Windows-8 Enterprise and test it!
New in version 2.00 // 24 August 2012
• Tests and Adjustments for Windows 8 Release Preview plus updating the language files.
New in version 1.88 // 30 July 2012
• Bug fix: in the function "Start with Windows" at Windows-XP, Windows-7, Vista, Windows-8.
New in version 1.77 // 27 July 2012
• Some improvements for x64 OS and language files update.
New in version 1.66 // 26 June 2012
• 1. Updating the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons
• 2. General optimization, small improvements for Windows-7.
New in version 1.64 // 10 June 2012
• General optimization and new language in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons: Brazilian Portuguese
• Radio-Buttons to Checkboxes: left mouse button, middle mouse button, right mouse button!
• Thanks to Guenzo for the Brazilian Portuguese language
New in version 1.61 // 12 May 2012
• Exception in AutoHideDesktopIcons to don't hide icons when a file rename is active in desktop
• Small corrections and adjustments, plus new language in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons: Greek
• Thanks to geogeo.gr for the Greek language
New in version 1.55 // 12 April 2012
• General optimization and new language in Auto-Hide-Desktop-Icons: Croatian
• Thanks to Vedran Stojnovic for the Croatian language.
New in version 1.54 // 23 March 2012
• 1. Updating the language files in AutoHideDesktopIcons
• 2. General optimization, small improvements and Tests on Windows-8.
• Windows 8: .... Download
New in version 1.53 // 28 February 2012
• 1. New language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Vietnamese
• 2. Small fixes and updating the language files.
• Thanks to Huỳnh Phúc Huy for the Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) language.
New in version 1.51 // 21 February 2012
• Small fixes and updating the language files plus new language in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Slovenian
• Thanks to Vinko Kastelic for the Slovenian language.
New in version 1.47 // 24 January 2012
• Update the language files and small adjustments.
New in version 1.45 // 23 December 2011
• 1. Small adjustments in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons"
• 2. New languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Chinese Simple (死神);
• Thanks to 1240709824 for Chinese Simple language.
New in version 1.44 // 13 December 2011
• Small adjustments for the strings for multi-language and conversion to Unicode.
• New languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons: Romanian
• Thanks to Stefan Arhip for Romanian language.
New in version 1.41 // 24 November 2011
• Small fixes at the feature "Hide Taskbar" and small improvements in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons".
New in version 1.36 // 15 October 2011
• Small fixes and improvements and update of the language files.
New in version 1.36 // 15 October 2011
• Small fixes and improvements and update of the language files.
New in version 1.35 // 17 September 2011
• 1. Bug-Fix: Always start minimized (ToTray) in AutoHideDesktopIcons
• 2. Small fixes and improvements.
New in version 1.34 // 3 September 2011
• Small fixes and improvements.
• New languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons:
• Spanish : Thanks to Alex Delgado (Mexico)
New in version 1.33 // 27 August 2011
• Optimization and small fixes for all Windows-NT Systems!
New in version 1.32 // 8 July 2011
• Some correction in the "Auto Hide Desktop Icons"!
• New languages in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" Traditional Chinese.
• Traditional Chinese - Thanks to 柚子 nkhs9412235!
New in version 1.31 // 26 June 2011
• Error correction when launching the "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" in the initialization of the progress bar!
• New languages in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" Turkish, Nederlands.
• Nederlands : Thanks to Maarten Heller!
• Turkish (Türkçe): Thanks to Deniz "darknessman"
New in version 1.21 // 17 June 2011
• Troubleshooting: the timer time to hide the desktop icons were not saved when exiting the program.
• Improvements and update of the languages files.
• New languages in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" Hungarian.
• Thanks to Végh János for Hungarian.
New in version 1.12 // 12 June 2011
• Small improvements and update of the languages files.
• New languages in "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" Italian.
• Thanks to Valerio Russo and GruM
New in version 1.11 // 4 June 2011
• Small improvements and update of the languages files.
• New languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons:
• French: Thanks to amlette
• Russian: Thanks to V A R
New in version 1.10 // 3 June 2011
• Bug fix: If the window of "Auto Hide Desktop Icons" should be always in the foreground (Always on Top).
• New languages in AutoHideDesktopIcons:
• Spanish: Thanks to Nuno Cruz
• Portuguese (Portugal) Thanks to Enrique Piñeiro
New in version 1.00 // 30 May 2011
• The first Version!
* Auto hide and showing the Windows 11, 10, ... desktop icons with a timer!
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