On 29 January 2016 at 17:24, Thomas Koster <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the machines I deploy to is maintained by an IT contractor. > There is a lot of garbage on this machine, and every time they install > some new garbage I get new icons on my desktop. > > I'm tired of looking at it, but when I try to delete these icons from > *my* desktop, Windows tells me I need to be an administrator. > > What gives? Do I have to resort to sticking Post-its over them? > > (Windows Server 2008 R2, Remote Desktop Services)
On 31 January 2016 at 14:59, noonie <[email protected]> wrote: > Have an administrator deny read access on "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" for your > account and you won't see any of them. Not sure if there are any unusual > side-effects for this :-) I won't bother them with this because my customer will get the bill. However, I do have access to a separate account in the Administrators group so I tried it myself. And it worked. But I too am nervous about unintended side-effects. This was a very large sledgehammer to use on such a tiny picture frame nail. -- Thomas Koster
