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Gary Thorn [MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox]
December 5th 03, 08:46 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>I am running XP Pro and have established 2 user sessions -
myself and my
>wife. She only uses the computer for browsing and email,
and would like a
>clean desktop. However, some or most of the desktop aps
that I run and use
>are represented on her desktop. She is not able to
delete them or put them
>in the trashcan (access denied) not does the desktop
cleaning wizard work
>(for the same reason). I can not see a way to delete
them as Administrator
>as nothing shows up in her c:\Documents and
Settings\User\Desktop folder.
>
>I would appreciate any advice. If you repond via email,
pls remove extra
>"@" in address........
>


Remove them from the c:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop section and place them in your own Desktop
c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Desktop

Hope this helps!

Gary Thorn
MVP-Windows Technologies/Xbox
Associate Expert

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