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   The Real Bev to Pastor Dave   
   Re: Icon sorting   
   08 Jul 09 15:04:32   
   
   From: bashley101+et@gmail.com   
      
   Pastor Dave wrote:   
   >  spake thusly:   
   >   
   >> There are more icons on my desktop than the all-users desktop, but that   
   >> may be because I've deleted some previously.  The 'all users' group shows   
   >> up first.  Is there any reason to choose one over the other?   
   >   
   > The "All Users" profile will show up under every user, including   
   > "Administrator", if you ever have to log on as that.  I do not do it that   
   > way, as I like my Admin profile clean, since I only use it if I ever have a   
   > real problem in my profile and need to fix something that my profile (which   
   > does have Admin access) won't let me do, if it got corrupted somehow. So why   
   > clutter another account? :)   
      
   OK, on your advice I will move all the icons in my personal account into the   
   'All Users' account where the rest of them live. If consulted during additional   
   installations I will specify 'All Users'.   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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