How can I disable the drag handle on the desktop?

Backstory:

• Could not find the previous question via Google (site:superuser.com) and through Superuser's own search.
• Made my own question.
• Found the answer by myself, so I answered my own question.
• Soon the "it may be a duplicate" votes appeared.
• So I flagged my question to be deleted (for moderator)
• Answered the old question

And for some reason...

• My question did not get removed.
• The answer I posted to the old question got deleted.

Why?