Windows 10: Installing Programs makes the Desktop Icons on Other Users Undeletable

When you install a program, you get an icon on your desktop, and in other users. *sarc
But if you try to delete the icon from the desktop of the other users, you can't delete the LINK that's inside the desktop. If you try to delete it, it won't let you delete the link - it will ask you if to delete the file that the link links to. *Mad

I found an annoying way to do it but I think there must be an easier way, can you help me? *Wink

My way is to go to your user, delete the icon from your desktop, then it is suppost to delete the icon also from other users. Then you can check if it worked and go back again, now find the original location of the file and make a link on your desktop in your original user. This way the icon is removed from other users but your user still has it. *Sleepy

:)

 

windows 10 users see other user's desktop icons

I created a new account for my wife on my windows 10 PC and when she logs in she sees my desktop shortcuts. If she tries deleting them she is prompted for my credentials. I checked her desktop folder under her account and it's empty. This must be a bug
but I can't find anything about it on the internet.

 

windows 10 users see other user's desktop icons

It's not a bug. Program installations normally give you the choice of installing just for you or for all users (but some may default to being for all users). Yours must all be installed for all users.

 

Much easier way is to move the shortcut from Users\Public\Desktop to Users\Your_Username\Desktop. Everything in Public\Desktop will be shown to all users, everything in Your_Username\Desktop only to you.

 

Take ownership of your and public desktop and give yourself permissions to modify them.
Code: takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%SystemDrive%\Users\Public\Desktop" /r /d y icacls "%SystemDrive%\Users\Public\Desktop" /grant:r %username%OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c takeown /s %computername% /u %username% /f "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop" /r /d y icacls "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop" /grant:r %username%OI)(CI)F /t /l /q /c[/quote]

 

You must be kidding! All OP needs to do is to simply move a shortcut to another folder.

 

Thank you! That's the perfect answer I was looking for *Smile