Windows 10: Deleting shortcut from the public desktop causes it to reappear in all user desktops

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    Deleting shortcut from the public desktop causes it to reappear in all user desktops


    Hello, I'm setting up a custom windows 10 IoT image, and one of the requirements is to prevent shortcuts from appearing on the regular user's desktop when installing applications with the technician account. What happens when I try to delete a shortcut from C:\Public\Desktop is that the next time the regular user logs in, the shortcut reappears in C:\user\Desktop. My current workaround is to have a script in the user's shell:startup that deletes the shortcuts on the desktop after they reappear, but there has to be a better way, right?

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