Re: Can't delete shortcut

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nospam-comcast.net)
Date: 03/10/05

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    Apparently what happened is these shortcuts were put in the all users
    desktop folder in which case a regular user can not delete those shortcuts
    because they are supposed to be available to all users. An administrator
    could of course delete that shortcut from the all users profile. --- Steve

    "Rene" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
    news:epkjWrQJFHA.2640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
    >I recently install some software on my computer. In order to do that I
    >logged on as an Administrator and did the install, once I was done, I
    >logged on with my restricted user account and notice that the installation
    >program generated some shortcuts in my desktop, no biggie I thought, all I
    >need is to dele them.. WRONG! It seems that I don't have permissions to
    >delete shortcuts on my own desktop.
    >
    >
    >
    > I know I can go back and logon as an Administrator and delete the
    > shortcuts form there but this seems like a big oversight from Microsoft.
    > What ever happened to the discretionary access thing that supposed to let
    > a user take full control over his or her own folder? How is a user
    > supposed to be able to delete these shortcuts?
    >

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