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Duplicate desktop shortcuts and icons

03 Jun 2012 12:54:51 PDT

I was pinning some shortcuts to the task bar and removing these shortcuts from the desktop. Somehow I ended up with dupl ...

03 Jun 2012 13:20:33 PDT

In My Computer or Windows Explorer, go to c:\users\<your user name>\desktop folder. Rightclick in the right pane a ...

03 Jun 2012 13:30:21 PDT

I had previously tried to reboot several times without success.
When I go to c:\users\<your user name>\desktop ...

03 Jun 2012 13:51:40 PDT

There are more in the c:\users\public\desktop. Not I expect a success of having a look there, but it's worth a try.
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03 Jun 2012 17:53:26 PDT

There is not a desktop folder within the public folder....so no shortcuts either.
I did what you suggested regarding ...

04 Jun 2012 05:06:17 PDT

I found the public folder by clicking the box within "appearance and personalization" to show hidden files and ...

04 Jun 2012 05:15:43 PDT

If you make a new Windows account (just for testing initially) do they appear there twice also? I don't expect so, as a ...

04 Jun 2012 07:12:24 PDT

Oh wow! I just figured it out. In the "Appearances and Themes", you can switch backgrounds for your desktop. S ...

04 Jun 2012 08:47:24 PDT

I remember some years ago a colleague of mine did a cheap trick on another person.

He took a screen print of the ...