Hide All Desktop Icons without diabling the desktop

Hi

I have requirement of hiding all the desktop icons without diabling the
Desktop.

I did try the "GPO - hide and diable all items on the desktop" . It did not
serve my purpose.

Please let mek now if this can be achieved thought registry/GPO.

You are starting to get into controlled Kiosk mode. At a previous employer
we ended up writing scripts to control things. You are probably at this
point, but you need to elaborate on what isn't working. Stating "It did not
server my purpose" isn't explicit enough for anyone to know what you are
specifically attempting to do.


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MVP - Directory Services
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
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"Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D60FB1FF-F5E1-4775-B8FA-0EC4FE9385A5@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> I have requirement of hiding all the desktop icons without diabling the
> Desktop.
>
> I did try the "GPO - hide and diable all items on the desktop" . It did
> not
> serve my purpose.
>
> Please let mek now if this can be achieved thought registry/GPO.
>
>

Thanks for the reply.

I actually need to achieve the following,

1) Hide all ICON on the desktop.
2) Allow users to change the resolution of the desktop setting by
"right-clicking on the desktop" and perform teh resolution changes.
3) We want only one ICON to be visible on the DESKTOP that is "My Computer"
but this MY COMPUTER ICON would be published from Citrix environment but not
from LOCAL DESKTOP PC.

in a NUTSHELL we want to simulate a DESKTOP as thin-client.

Thanks

"Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]" wrote:

> You are starting to get into controlled Kiosk mode. At a previous employer
> we ended up writing scripts to control things. You are probably at this
> point, but you need to elaborate on what isn't working. Stating "It did not
> server my purpose" isn't explicit enough for anyone to know what you are
> specifically attempting to do.
>
>
> --
> Paul Bergson
> MVP - Directory Services
> MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
> 2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
>
> http://www.pbbergs.com
>
> Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup This
> posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
> "Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D60FB1FF-F5E1-4775-B8FA-0EC4FE9385A5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have requirement of hiding all the desktop icons without diabling the
> > Desktop.
> >
> > I did try the "GPO - hide and diable all items on the desktop" . It did
> > not
> > serve my purpose.
> >
> > Please let mek now if this can be achieved thought registry/GPO.
> >
> >
>
>

Once you select hide all icons, it won't allow you to display any. How
about looking at building a Roaming Mandatory Profile, this is part of what
we used to control the look and feel. You could go to the XP/Vista standard
(Not classic) and if they end up having additional icons they will go away
as soon as they logoff. other than that you will be forced to write a
script that is running in the backgroud or buy a third party product.

How to assign a Mandatory Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307800/

Create a Mandatory Profile
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc786301.aspx

What is a Mandatory Roaming Profile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_profile


--
Paul Bergson
MVP - Directory Services
MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4

http://www.pbbergs.com

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"Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7E5D159-687C-47A0-9C76-4A906AF0B4F3@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I actually need to achieve the following,
>
> 1) Hide all ICON on the desktop.
> 2) Allow users to change the resolution of the desktop setting by
> "right-clicking on the desktop" and perform teh resolution changes.
> 3) We want only one ICON to be visible on the DESKTOP that is "My
> Computer"
> but this MY COMPUTER ICON would be published from Citrix environment but
> not
> from LOCAL DESKTOP PC.
>
> in a NUTSHELL we want to simulate a DESKTOP as thin-client.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> You are starting to get into controlled Kiosk mode. At a previous
>> employer
>> we ended up writing scripts to control things. You are probably at this
>> point, but you need to elaborate on what isn't working. Stating "It did
>> not
>> server my purpose" isn't explicit enough for anyone to know what you are
>> specifically attempting to do.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Bergson
>> MVP - Directory Services
>> MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
>> 2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
>>
>> http://www.pbbergs.com
>>
>> Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup This
>> posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>
>>
>> "Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D60FB1FF-F5E1-4775-B8FA-0EC4FE9385A5@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have requirement of hiding all the desktop icons without diabling the
>> > Desktop.
>> >
>> > I did try the "GPO - hide and diable all items on the desktop" . It did
>> > not
>> > serve my purpose.
>> >
>> > Please let mek now if this can be achieved thought registry/GPO.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

In addition to suggestions provided by Paul, you might want to consider
redirecting desktop to a network location to which a user has read only
access...

hth
Marcin

"Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E7E5D159-687C-47A0-9C76-4A906AF0B4F3@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I actually need to achieve the following,
>
> 1) Hide all ICON on the desktop.
> 2) Allow users to change the resolution of the desktop setting by
> "right-clicking on the desktop" and perform teh resolution changes.
> 3) We want only one ICON to be visible on the DESKTOP that is "My
> Computer"
> but this MY COMPUTER ICON would be published from Citrix environment but
> not
> from LOCAL DESKTOP PC.
>
> in a NUTSHELL we want to simulate a DESKTOP as thin-client.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Paul Bergson [MVP-DS]" wrote:
>
>> You are starting to get into controlled Kiosk mode. At a previous
>> employer
>> we ended up writing scripts to control things. You are probably at this
>> point, but you need to elaborate on what isn't working. Stating "It did
>> not
>> server my purpose" isn't explicit enough for anyone to know what you are
>> specifically attempting to do.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Bergson
>> MVP - Directory Services
>> MCTS, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, Security+, BS CSci
>> 2008, 2003, 2000 (Early Achiever), NT4
>>
>> http://www.pbbergs.com
>>
>> Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup This
>> posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>
>>
>> "Ezakial" <Ezakial@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D60FB1FF-F5E1-4775-B8FA-0EC4FE9385A5@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have requirement of hiding all the desktop icons without diabling the
>> > Desktop.
>> >
>> > I did try the "GPO - hide and diable all items on the desktop" . It did
>> > not
>> > serve my purpose.
>> >
>> > Please let mek now if this can be achieved thought registry/GPO.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>