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Hide public shortcuts in desktop without administrative privileges

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Mar 15, 202616519 views
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Problem

I've looked on the multitude of questions related to Desktop icons in Windows 7 but I haven't found the answer I'm looking for yet. The goal is to have Desktop icons on the Public folder such that all users see them by default. However, if a user wants to hide all the shortcuts from the Public Desk…

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C:\Users\<User>\Desktop

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Fix for: Hide public shortcuts in desktop without administrative privileges

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Considering the fact that it's a Public folder shared for everyone, any change by one user is going to reflect on all computers. The only way to maintain what you want to do is as you suggested; on a per-user basis.

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