Duplicate Desktop Icons

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Cougar

Whenever I create a new desktop shortcut, a second,
duplicate icon appears on the desktop. If I move either
to the Recysle Bin, the remining shortcut is disabled.
How do I prevent these duplicate icons from being created?
 
| Whenever I create a new desktop shortcut, a second,
| duplicate icon appears on the desktop. If I move either
| to the Recysle Bin, the remining shortcut is disabled.
| How do I prevent these duplicate icons from being created?

Cougar,

Courtesy of Kelly:-

[Start]
| Run |
regedit
[Enter]

Navigate to...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Change CommonDesktop from:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop

To:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
 
-----Original Message-----

| Whenever I create a new desktop shortcut, a second,
| duplicate icon appears on the desktop. If I move either
| to the Recysle Bin, the remining shortcut is disabled.
| How do I prevent these duplicate icons from being created?

Cougar,

Courtesy of Kelly:-

[Start]
| Run |
regedit
[Enter]

Navigate to...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
Click to expand...
ion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
Change CommonDesktop from:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop

To:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
---
Jan


.
Thanks for the suggestion -- problem solved!
Click to expand...

Cougar
 
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >
| >| Whenever I create a new desktop shortcut, a second,
| >| duplicate icon appears on the desktop. If I move either
| >| to the Recysle Bin, the remining shortcut is disabled.
| >| How do I prevent these duplicate icons from being
| created?
| >
| >Cougar,
| >
| > Courtesy of Kelly:-
| >
| >[Start]
| >| Run |
| >regedit
| >[Enter]
| >
| > Navigate to...
|
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
|
| Change CommonDesktop from:
|
| %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
|
| To:
|
| C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
| >---
| >Jan
|
| > Thanks for the suggestion -- problem solved!

Cougar,

You are welcome! Thank you for your feedback.

And, thanks to MVP Kelly for the tip itself.
 
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