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   JimH to The Real Bev   
   Re: Icon sorting   
   11 Jul 09 19:08:45   
   
   From: nvm@nunya.biz   
      
   The Real Bev  wrote in   
   news:h335d7$ii$2@news.eternal-september.org:   
      
   > 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'.   
   >   
      
   The icons in "All Users" will always show up under every account. To keep the   
   "Administrator" account clean, the "All Users" folder must be empty (or as   
   empty as is practical).   
      
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