Windows 10: Can't remove the "Administive Tools" and the "Network Connections" icon from my desktop

Hello, I don't remember why I put them there, but I don't need them anymore so I want to get rid of them, but I can't right-click and delete them, can't do it in safe mode either and can't find it from the registry. If someone can help me, I'll be thankful.

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How do I remove the "Network Connections" and "Administrative Tools" Icons from desktop?

Hi Kyle,

There are two ways to remove desktop icons on your Windows 10 device. It can be from the desktop context menu or desktop icon settings. Since you mentioned that what you want to remove are Network Connections and Administrative Tools icons, the best step
that you can try is to remove it via desktop icon settings. Here are the steps:

• Open Settings.
• Select Themes and look for Desktop icon settings.
• Deselect the desktop icons that you want to remove (i.e. Network Connections and Administrative Tools).
  
• Click Apply, then OK.

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Removing desktop icons

I want to remove some Icons from my desktop, but Vista asks for Admin permission to continue (I'm not an admin *Frown ).
It seems that whenever I delete one of these icons from my desktop, it is also removed from all the other user accounts. For example, I deleted the Skype icon from my desktop, and it was then removed from everyone elses as well.
How can I delete icons from my desktop only, without affecting anyone elses?

 

Removing desktop icons

the icons are located in 'all users' folder somewhere (for example, i see a few shared icons in "C:\Users\Public\Desktop" )

The only way to fix those, is to remove the icons from there, and place them on to each users desktops manually. an admin may need to do this.