How to hide desktop folder icons?

[koder]

On 02/18/2015 04:42 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
> After doing an update to Linux Mint 17, the desktop is now filled with
> folder icons (that I do not want).  How can I get rid of them?


> (Why do they keep doing stuff to us that we do not want?)
Very good question.
I keep asking myself the same thing.
I mean if I wanted to run Windows Microsoft would be very happy to sell 
me an OS

Harold