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How do you standardize user desktops?

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asked on 13th Mar 2012 | 1 Answers | Answer It!

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answered on 14th Mar 2012 | |

I am assuming that you want to customize the desktop for various user accounts on your computer. Correct me if my assumption is wrong.

On a Windows XP computer, the ‘Desktop’ folder (the content of which determines what you see on the desktop) is located in C:\Documents and Settings\. The file that contains settings for the user profile (named ‘NTUSER.DAT’) is also located at the same location.

If you want all user accounts to display the same set of icons on the desktop, copy the contents of the
‘Desktop’ folder for the ‘standard’ user account and paste them in the corresponding ‘Desktop’ folder for the other user accounts.

Hope it helped.

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