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Desktops for each user account
I have XP Home. There are two user accounts: one
adminstrator and one limited account. When I upgraded from Windows 98, my desktop from 98 became the desktop for each account. The problem is, when I delete a shortcut icon on the desktop of one user account, the icon is also deleted from the other account. What gives? I thought the idea was that XP kept each desktop separate, so changes to one user account's desktop would not effect the other user account's desktop. Thank you in advance for your help |
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Desktops for each user account
Hi,
It's because the icons are in the allusers folder. Move them to the appropriate username desktop folder. From: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop To: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop When you delete from All Users, it affects everyone. When you work within a user folder, it affects only them. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "deedo" wrote in message ... I have XP Home. There are two user accounts: one adminstrator and one limited account. When I upgraded from Windows 98, my desktop from 98 became the desktop for each account. The problem is, when I delete a shortcut icon on the desktop of one user account, the icon is also deleted from the other account. What gives? I thought the idea was that XP kept each desktop separate, so changes to one user account's desktop would not effect the other user account's desktop. Thank you in advance for your help |
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Desktops for each user account
Thanks for your help on this. Funny thing is, I have two
Documents and Settings folders, one called "Documents and Settings" and the other called "Documents and Settings.000" The former had All Users, Default and one of the user accounts, but not the other, so I created a folder using that user account's name, and copied everything from the All Users folder into it. In the "Documents and Settings.000" folder, it has All Users, Default and Sophia (a user account that was deleted). Hope I am not messing things up too much. Should I delete the "Documents and Setting.000" folder? Should I delete the icons in the All Users/Desktop folder, and just have icons in the individual user account desktop folders? Thanks. -----Original Message----- Hi, It's because the icons are in the allusers folder. Move them to the appropriate username desktop folder. From: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop To: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop When you delete from All Users, it affects everyone. When you work within a user folder, it affects only them. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "deedo" wrote in message ... I have XP Home. There are two user accounts: one adminstrator and one limited account. When I upgraded from Windows 98, my desktop from 98 became the desktop for each account. The problem is, when I delete a shortcut icon on the desktop of one user account, the icon is also deleted from the other account. What gives? I thought the idea was that XP kept each desktop separate, so changes to one user account's desktop would not effect the other user account's desktop. Thank you in advance for your help . |
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Desktops for each user account
Hi,
It's because you reinstalled WindowsXP. Since the folder already existed, the reinstall created a new one (appended with the .000). -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "deedo" wrote in message ... Thanks for your help on this. Funny thing is, I have two Documents and Settings folders, one called "Documents and Settings" and the other called "Documents and Settings.000" The former had All Users, Default and one of the user accounts, but not the other, so I created a folder using that user account's name, and copied everything from the All Users folder into it. In the "Documents and Settings.000" folder, it has All Users, Default and Sophia (a user account that was deleted). Hope I am not messing things up too much. Should I delete the "Documents and Setting.000" folder? Should I delete the icons in the All Users/Desktop folder, and just have icons in the individual user account desktop folders? Thanks. -----Original Message----- Hi, It's because the icons are in the allusers folder. Move them to the appropriate username desktop folder. From: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop To: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop When you delete from All Users, it affects everyone. When you work within a user folder, it affects only them. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby! http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org "deedo" wrote in message ... I have XP Home. There are two user accounts: one adminstrator and one limited account. When I upgraded from Windows 98, my desktop from 98 became the desktop for each account. The problem is, when I delete a shortcut icon on the desktop of one user account, the icon is also deleted from the other account. What gives? I thought the idea was that XP kept each desktop separate, so changes to one user account's desktop would not effect the other user account's desktop. Thank you in advance for your help . |
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