why new icons appear on all user desktops??

[Kerry]

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Dave Patrick Wrote:
> Run regedt32.exe and have a look at the Reg_Expand_Sz string values of
>
> "Desktop"
> found in
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders
> (should be) %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
> and
>
> "Common Desktop"
> found in
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders
> (should be) %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
>
> Sound like they're pointing to the same place.
>
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> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
> "kerry" wrote:
> |
> | When any of our 3 users adds an icon to their desktop, it appears on
> all
> | 3 desktops. And if any one of them deletes it, it vanishes from all
> | desktops. How do we make each desktop unique?
> |
> |
> | --
> | kerry

Thanx, DAve, that's a little over my head...and you didn't say how to
fix it anyway. There must be some way for the man in the street to
make this happen.

Kerry


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kerry

 

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If you're not comfortable editing the registry then get someone to help you
with this. You're smart to do nothing if you're not sure.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"kerry" wrote:
| Thanx, DAve, that's a little over my head...and you didn't say how to
| fix it anyway. There must be some way for the man in the street to
| make this happen.
|
| Kerry
|
|
| --
| kerry