How to show/hide the My Computer icon on the desktop via the command line?

Question

How I can show or hide the Computer (My Computer) icon on the desktop from CMD?

Solution

Try the following:

1. To hide the icon:

   reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu /v {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
   
   reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
   

2. To show the icon:

   reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu /v {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
   
   reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel /v {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
   

Comments

[Ankit]

Do you specifically need .lnk shortcut or any other .bat or something that can launch My Computer will do?

[sma6871]

No, I want to enable Computer icon in desktop icons in windows 8

[bummi]

superuser.com/questions/392061/how-to-make-a-shortcut-from-c‌​md

[sma6871]

@bummi this post create shortcut but I want to show read Computer icon with Manage option on right click.