<<Try making it invisible on the desktop that way you don't have to look at it.>>
It's not actually on the desktop, it's on the root directory of the HD. It's really not a big deal. The Apple Menus extension is a great little tool. Hope Copland has something similar (although I must admit, I'd rather have copland soon than have it with many of the things I love about MacOS 7.5.x
