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Windows 8 desktop icons problem

DesperateDan · 2014-01-05 01:13:13

I have Windows 8.1 but have had this problem since 8 came out. I have set up an account for my gf on the PC, where I am the admin. Every piece of software I install places desktop icons automatically on both desktops which is okay, but when she deletes them from her account it also deletes them from mine. And when I add…

05-01-2014 02:13AM

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DesperateDan

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I have Windows 8.1 but have had this problem since 8 came out. I have set up an account for my gf on the PC, where I am the admin. Every piece of software I install places desktop icons automatically on both desktops which is okay, but when she deletes them from her account it also deletes them from mine.

And when I add them on mine they are also added to hers

Any ideas because it's unbelievably annoying!

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#2 05-01-2014 09:00PM

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Go to the folder C:\Users\#usernamegoeshere#\Desktop. That should be specific to you. The shared one is in C:\Users\Public\Desktop if you want to move some stuff out of it.

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