DUPLICATED ICONS ON DESKTOP

[Devanir]

Whenever I create a shortcut to an application its icon
appears twice in the desktop. If I deleted one of them,
the other go away too. Any hint? Tks

 

[Dave Patrick]

Run regedt32.exe and have a look at the Reg_Expand_Sz string values of

"Desktop"
found in
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
(should be) %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
and

"Common Desktop"
found in
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
(should be) %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop

Sound like they're pointing to the same place.

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:
| Whenever I create a shortcut to an application its icon
| appears twice in the desktop. If I deleted one of them,
| the other go away too. Any hint? Tks

 

[Devanir]

The value of Desktop in HKCU\... was %ALLUSERSPROFILE...;
I've changed to %USERPROFILE... and solved the problem.
Tks.

But I have too other two entries for Desktop:

a) HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Software\... with value %
USERPROFILE...

b) HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-263080278-1984242338-1713332848-500
\Software\... with value %ALLUSERSPROFILE

Should I be worried about it?

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, best to quit while you're ahead.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| The value of Desktop in HKCU\... was %ALLUSERSPROFILE...;
| I've changed to %USERPROFILE... and solved the problem.
| Tks.
|
| But I have too other two entries for Desktop:
|
| a) HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Software\... with value %
| USERPROFILE...
|
| b) HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-263080278-1984242338-1713332848-500
| \Software\... with value %ALLUSERSPROFILE
|
| Should I be worried about it?