-=PCTechTalk=- Re: How many "Desktop"s is enough??

  • From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:26:25 -0400

Roger!
If you click on the Start button, you may be able to see the username that 
you're booted into right there near the top of the main menu.

I suspect that your normal bootup doesn't bother asking you for your 
username &/or password.  If that's the case, then you are consistently 
booting into the same username each time and we'll need more specific info 
on what you're seeing here.

As a couple of replies have mentioned, the Desktop.ini files contain various 
folder customizations (some that you've set, some set by the OS).  They are 
system files and their removal will remove the customizations they 
represent.  In all likelyhood, you will NOT like the results of their 
removal.

I cannot answer your last question without knowing much more about what 
we're really talking about here.  By default, the original Windows 
installation creates at least two separate desktops.  One is a part of the 
'Default" user and is used as a sort of template for any users added after 
that original install.  The other one is the primary Administrator account's 
Desktop.  This is a part of the Admin account that is needed to make certain 
modifications to a system in the event that all additional users are set to 
Limited accounts.  If, during the original install, you create an account 
for yourself, this will create a third Desktop that is specifically a part 
of your personal account, regardless of whether you create it as a limited 
account or one with Admin privileges.  Since I always set up my own Gman 
account on the XP systems I install for myself, every one of them has these 
three Desktop folders found within the main Documents & Settings folder.  If 
that somewhat mirrors what you're seeing, then what you're seeing is 
'normal'.

On the other hand, if you, at some point, had added additional users and now 
want to remove them, let us know that and we'll walk you through the steps 
to reclaim whatever may be stored within them before giving them the 'other' 
boot.

Peace,
Gman

http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php

"The entire future of humankind is yet to be written"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:28 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: How many "Desktop"s is enough??


> Greetings Gman ! and Eddie B,
> and thanks for yr invaluable advice.
>
> However, I do not KNOW which account I have booted into, and sometimes 
> it's
> different depending on which boot I am wearing.
>
> Is it REALLY NECCESSARY for me to have all these different Desktops?? and 
> if
> not, how do I delete all except ONE (without deleting the stuff recorded
> under the others??)
>
> Roger W. 

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