Applescript for hiding desktop-icons?

Hi,
Is there a script for hiding the desktop-icons or moving them (temporarily)
to a map (on my extra harddisc) ,so I have a plain-colored background for working with Logic?
Ron.

Hi Chachi,
Thanks for the script!!
The second time I run it ,it returns to the desktop like it was.Nice work!
When I close (by accident) the computer without returning to the desktop with icons, will it still be possible to return to it the next time I open the computer and I run the script?
And is it not "straining"(?) the computer?
A few days ago I downloaded "Desktop Curtain" .
I made a simple script to run it together with logic.
tell application "Desktop Curtain" to activate
tell application "Logic Pro" to activate
(I didn't need a 'end tell' at the end?)
If I want, it covers the desktop (also the image on my desktop!) with a plain color of my choice.
But it covers only one monitor, and I have two monitors.
Is it possible to make a script to also cover the second monitor?
Maybe with a second Desktop Curtain?
Greetings. Ron.

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