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Why do I have to have administrator permissions to remove a desktop shortcut in windows 7?

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Mar 15, 202627906 views
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How can I allow a non-admin user to customize their desktop?

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Fix for: Why do I have to have administrator permissions to remove a desktop shortcut in windows 7?

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This isn't just a feature of Windows 7, but previous versions too. Desktop items can either be in the "Shared" desktop folder or the users personal desktop folder, but they are shown together to the user as a single combined desktop with no immediat…

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