On the mac version the photoshop window is maximized, and the smaller window with the picture or project is opne, but you can still see the desktop and icons. On the version I have there is a dark grey background. I would like to be able to see the desktop like you can in the mac version. I’m not sure if they took it out for windows or maybe in cs5
so having found an image of PS running on Windows I see what youre asking.
You don’t want all the panels and the workspace inside a window. If there is not anything in the preferences or in theWindow menu, I don’t think it’s possible.