XP user Accounts / customized desktop

If you go to C:\Documents and Settings, you will see all the accounts that
you have created plus the Windows built-in accounts. One of the built-in is
All Users. If you open All Users, you will see a Desktop folder.
Everything on this folder will show up on every user's desktop when they
logon to Windows. If you want only certain account to see the the icon,
place it on individual's desktop folder. This will also explain why you
lose the icons when you delete it. The icon you are deleting is located at
All Users desktop.

"Rob" <rhheath@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:02aa01c348ce$b70189a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...

> Just upgraded to XP professional. Setting up new user
> accounts for the family... all are limited access
> accounts. Want to have certain short cuts and programs
> only appear on certain user desktops. If I delete the
> short cut or folders on previously installed programs it
> deletes it from all desk tops including the
> Administrators. Do these programs need to be re-
> installed? Easier way to do this. Thanks
> Rob

THANKS !

>-----Original Message-----
>If you go to C:\Documents and Settings, you will see all

the accounts that

>you have created plus the Windows built-in accounts.

One of the built-in is

>All Users. If you open All Users, you will see a

Desktop folder.

>Everything on this folder will show up on every user's

desktop when they

>logon to Windows. If you want only certain account to

see the the icon,

>place it on individual's desktop folder. This will also

explain why you

>lose the icons when you delete it. The icon you are

deleting is located at

>All Users desktop.
>
>"Rob" <rhheath@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:02aa01c348ce$b70189a0$a101280a@phx.gbl...

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Rob wrote:

>Just upgraded to XP professional. Setting up new user
>accounts for the family... all are limited access
>accounts. Want to have certain short cuts and programs
>only appear on certain user desktops. If I delete the
>short cut or folders on previously installed programs it
>deletes it from all desk tops including the
>Administrators.

Each person has a content of the Start Menu - All Programs made up of
two parts - a personal one, and an All Users one.

In each user, r-click on Start and Open, then open the Programs folder.
Now r-click Start and 'Open All Users' at the bottom; again open the
Programs folder. R-Drag across and make copies of the items that this
user will need to see (apart from ones you *will* want for everyone).
Once done for each user, you can delete the items having restricted
access from the All Users


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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.org