From: nvm@nunya.biz   
      
   The Real Bev  wrote in   
   news:h2jdkp$j10$1@news.eternal-september.org:   
      
   > Auric__ wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:58:46 GMT, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I used to organize my 50 or so desktop icons in reasonable ways -- to   
   >>> me, anyway.  Unfortunately, every once in a while something would   
   >>> happen (mostly trying to start XP without having my KVM switch   
   >>> switched to the windows machine so it could make the proper monitor   
   >>> settings) to reorganize them in ways I didn't like.   
   >>>   
   >>> I finally gave up and set the sort order to 'alphabetical', which is   
   >>> mindlessly reproducible.  Fine, except it does it twice.  One group of   
   >>> icons a-z and then a second group of different icons a-z.  I've tried   
   >>> several reorganizations, but they always end up that way.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm tired of playing around.  What's happening?   
   >>   
   >> I would guess that one group is on *your* desktop   
   >> (...\username\Desktop) and the other is on the "all users" desktop   
   >> (...\All Users\Desktop) -- but that's just a guess.   
   >   
   > I doubt it.  I'm the only user and I've never switched into a different   
   > account.  All the icons, except for the original ones, are for programs   
   > I've installed or wanted to use without following the tree structure.   
   >   
      
   It really doesn't matter whether or not you're the only user. When a   
   program installs itself, it will place the icon in one of the two following   
   folders:   
      
   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop   
      
   or   
      
   C:\Documents and Settings\\Desktop   
      
   All XP computers have at least two "Desktop" folders. The one an   
   installation program has chosen to use often cannot be determined until   
   after the installation has completed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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