Lock desktop

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Bill Leary

Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so they
can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?

I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated, or
missing.

- Bill
 
If you simply want to maintain the icon configuration/placement.......there
is a very tiny app called "Save My Desktop!" that works great. You could
save the desktop as you left it and be able to restore it with a couple of
mouse clicks. Do a Google search, it is available from a number of places.
May be mistaken, but, I think the latest version is 1.2.
Heirloom, old and so tired


"Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so
> they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>
> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
> having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated, or
> missing.
>
> - Bill
>
 
>>> Heirloom, old and so tired<<<<<

How come? You haven't been shovelling snow like we have....grin. Guess
it is that *age thing*.

Kissies......HF

"Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
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> If you simply want to maintain the icon
> configuration/placement.......there is a very tiny app called "Save My
> Desktop!" that works great. You could save the desktop as you left it
> and be able to restore it with a couple of mouse clicks. Do a Google
> search, it is available from a number of places. May be mistaken, but,
> I think the latest version is 1.2.
> Heirloom, old and so tired
>
>
> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:8BFA964D-7BAF-4908-A264-11491E8A1E62@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop
>> so they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>>
>> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I
>> keep having to make service calls because things are messed up,
>> duplicated, or missing.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>
>
 
Yeah, if I were up there, I would simply be 'tired of snow'!!! We have
enough things to get tired with.....I have been mowing my yard (it is that
green stuff underneath the feet of snow in front of your house). Trimming
trees and shrubs has taken its' toll. Oh yeah, and riding my bikes!!!
Heirloom, old and 186 mph is really fast

"Heather" <figgyd@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:e7sC55EiIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>> Heirloom, old and so tired<<<<<
>
> How come? You haven't been shovelling snow like we have....grin. Guess
> it is that *age thing*.
>
> Kissies......HF
>
> "Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
> news:eSsTSVDiIHA.4320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> If you simply want to maintain the icon
>> configuration/placement.......there is a very tiny app called "Save My
>> Desktop!" that works great. You could save the desktop as you left it
>> and be able to restore it with a couple of mouse clicks. Do a Google
>> search, it is available from a number of places. May be mistaken, but, I
>> think the latest version is 1.2.
>> Heirloom, old and so tired
>>
>>
>> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:8BFA964D-7BAF-4908-A264-11491E8A1E62@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so
>>> they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>>>
>>> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
>>> having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated,
>>> or missing.
>>>
>>> - Bill
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
Hello:

In addition to the program mentioned by Heirloom, there are 2 other similar
programs that you could take a look at. I'm guessing that they all do pretty
much the same thing.

1. Check out "Icon Restore" at:
http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html .

2. Check out "IconRestorer" at:
http://freesoftland.sytes.net/iconrestorer.html .

Cheers,
O.J.


"Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
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> If you simply want to maintain the icon
> configuration/placement.......there is a very tiny app called "Save My
> Desktop!" that works great. You could save the desktop as you left it and
> be able to restore it with a couple of mouse clicks. Do a Google search,
> it is available from a number of places. May be mistaken, but, I think the
> latest version is 1.2.
> Heirloom, old and so tired
>
>
> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:8BFA964D-7BAF-4908-A264-11491E8A1E62@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so
>> they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>>
>> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
>> having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated, or
>> missing.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>
>
 
Hey O.J.!!!
Thanks for the input. I looked at the ones you mentioned. I
was a tad dismayed at the first one, not having an uninstall
feature....needing to download that seperately. The second one looked
pretty nice, however, the GUI alone is probably a bigger file than the whole
of Save My Desktop!. This was the smallest of all the programs that I
found. All I wanted was something to put the icons back in place, no bells
and whistles (like Iconoid, it has become waaaay to large).
Oh, BTW, beware of the "hlp with browser win" thread.....I
noticed you tried to help out there. I'll just say that nothing you could
possibly do or offer would be of any help and this would not be a
shortcoming on your part!!!
Heirloom, old and On Trick Ponies are good

"O.J. Newman" <ojn@zoominternet.net> wrote in message
news:OUos3YGiIHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hello:
>
> In addition to the program mentioned by Heirloom, there are 2 other
> similar programs that you could take a look at. I'm guessing that they all
> do pretty much the same thing.
>
> 1. Check out "Icon Restore" at:
> http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html .
>
> 2. Check out "IconRestorer" at:
> http://freesoftland.sytes.net/iconrestorer.html .
>
> Cheers,
> O.J.
>
>
> "Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
> news:eSsTSVDiIHA.4320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> If you simply want to maintain the icon
>> configuration/placement.......there is a very tiny app called "Save My
>> Desktop!" that works great. You could save the desktop as you left it
>> and be able to restore it with a couple of mouse clicks. Do a Google
>> search, it is available from a number of places. May be mistaken, but, I
>> think the latest version is 1.2.
>> Heirloom, old and so tired
>>
>>
>> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:8BFA964D-7BAF-4908-A264-11491E8A1E62@microsoft.com...
>>> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so
>>> they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>>>
>>> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
>>> having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated,
>>> or missing.
>>>
>>> - Bill
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
"Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
news:eSsTSVDiIHA.4320@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> If you simply want to maintain the icon
> configuration/placement.......there is a very tiny app called "Save My
> Desktop!" that works great. You could save the desktop as you left it and
> be able to restore it with a couple of mouse clicks. Do a Google search,
> it is available from a number of places. May be mistaken, but, I think the
> latest version is 1.2.

Got it. Looks good. I'll try it on their system next time I'm working on
it.

- Bill

> Heirloom, old and so tired
>
>
> "Bill Leary" <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:8BFA964D-7BAF-4908-A264-11491E8A1E62@microsoft.com...
>> Is there a means, even third party, to lock the icons on the desktop so
>> they can't be moved or deleted and no new ones can be added?
>>
>> I'm dealing with a user who likes to "play" with the desktop and I keep
>> having to make service calls because things are messed up, duplicated, or
>> missing.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>
>
 
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