different icons for different users? winxp home

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Ok, I don't want to download software for virtual desktops if I don't need
to. It seems to me like that would use my ram. I like the switch user
procedure to have a different theme for me and my husband, but I want to do
two things.

1) I want to delete desktop icons from one account and keep them on another.
I don't need my husband's battlefeild shortcuts and he doesn't need my sim
city ones.

2) I want to change the apperance of my icons and keep them the same on his.
I tried to change my internet connection icon (which is to stay on both of
our desktops) to a fish (I have an aquatic theme) and his changed too. He
wants the default icon.
 
Woot! I smart, I think good.
Ok I figured out that if I cut the shortcut from the desktop and paste it in
the folder c:\documents and settings\<user name>\desktop it will show up on
the desktop belonging to that user only.

I would still like to change the icons appearances (for one user but not the
other) but haven't figured that one out.
 
Terribly sorry to have bugged you. I should spend more time on my own
problems before opening my mouth. Seems that all I have to do (for those who
are curious) is to change the icon's appearance once it is in my desktop
folder in my documents folder.
Umm, for those who want to do this, take an icon that will appear on both
desktops, move it into both user folders before changing the appearance.
 
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