Trash•Desktop is a freeware drag and drop utility for rebuilding the Desktop.
It sets the files “Desktop DB”, “Desktop DF” and “Desktop” to visible and then move them to the Trash. Just drag and drop any unprotected local disk and then restart the Mac for rebuilding fresh new Desktop files.
More on Trash*Desktop
(51.25 KiB / 52.48 KB)
System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9 - Version 1.3.1 / compressed w/ Stuffit

177 /

2015-06-01 /

2020-03-16 /

511ffaea1353976e71a073af98488a8f2dbf8645 /

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(50.77 KiB / 51.99 KB)
System 7.0 - 7.6 - Mac OS 9 - Version 1.3.1 / compressed w/ Stuffit

191 /

2015-05-31 /

2020-03-16 /

e88fc58e376c6737af2d022f94dca896a98b1d3f /

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(46.08 KiB / 47.19 KB)
Version 1.2.1 / compressed w/ Stuffit

11 /

2020-03-16 /

8e7bfcee1f27eb52f92af625a7d8d17c7402e024 /

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(218.88 KiB / 224.13 KB)
/ Binary encoded, use Stuffit Expander

0 /

2024-12-12 /

f8b9b290110b1c22f384ad9eb33674796fe5fd5b /

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Architecture 

68K + PPC (FAT)
System Requirements 
From Mac OS 7.0
up to Mac OS 9.2
Compatibility notes 
Trash*Desktop works fine on iMac, Power Macintosh, iBook, PowerBook or Macintosh under:
Mac OS 9.0, 9.0.4, 9.1 and 9.2
Mac OS 8.6, 8.5, 8.1 and 8.0
Mac OS 7.6, 7.5 and 7.0.
Trash*Desktop does not work on Classic Macintosh (like Mac Plus, SE or Classic).
Emulating this? It could probably run under:
SheepShaver