User-level privelages; hide desktop icons

[JaimeZX]

Greetings. Currently I am working on a desktop machine where I only have
user-level privilages. I am not used to having user-level-only privilages.
Whoever put this machine together has ridiculous amounts of icons in \all
users\desktop\ which of course I cannot delete.

Furthermore, if I drag them off the side of the desktop so I can't really
see them, these iconds impolitely assume their original location after a few
minutes. Without hunting down an administrator, is there any way I can make
them go away?

Thanks much!

Jim

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Greetings. Currently I am working on a desktop machine where I only have
user-level privilages. I am not used to having user-level-only privilages.
Whoever put this machine together has ridiculous amounts of icons in \all
users\desktop\ which of course I cannot delete.

Furthermore, if I drag them off the side of the desktop so I can't really
see them, these iconds impolitely assume their original location after a
few
minutes. Without hunting down an administrator, is there any way I can
make
them go away?

Thanks much!

Jim

Not without the rights.

 

[JaimeZX]

OK. I didn't know if there was some convenient-yet-hidden utility that would
allow me to hide *any* icon since I can hide My Computer, My Documents, etc;
yet not, strangely, the Recycle Bin. :dunno:

Thanks again.

 

[JaimeZX]

Related question.

This machine also seems to have about 30 programs
run on startup. If I had slightly higher privilages I would look in
HKCU/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run to see what's going on
for me, but I can't open regedit.

Is there some other way I can see everything that would be in HKCU/.../run
for me? I hate being on a domain. *sigh*

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Related question.

This machine also seems to have about 30 programs
run on startup. If I had slightly higher privilages I would look in
HKCU/software/microsoft/windows/current version/run to see what's going on
for me, but I can't open regedit.

Is there some other way I can see everything that would be in HKCU/.../run
for me? I hate being on a domain. *sigh*

You would have to ask the IT group. It's a very bad idea to change things
without their approval.

Unauthorised mucking with the system setup is often evaluated as a CLM.

If your employer is requiring that programs run, they likely have a reason.

If these reasons slow you down - you are being paid by the hour, right?

HTH
-pk

 

[JaimeZX]

Ha! No. Salary.

And like I said, I was just interested in the HKCU/.../run processes, not
HKLM so I dunno why they'd care.

Anyway, I guess I can write a .bat to kill all the processes attached to my
login after they start but that seems like a messy solution. I'm talking
about stuff like DirectCD, etc.

Oh well.

 

[Richard]

Did you try: Right-click on desktop, Arrange icons by, uncheck Show Desktop
icons?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Ha! No. Salary.

And like I said, I was just interested in the HKCU/.../run processes,
not HKLM so I dunno why they'd care.

Anyway, I guess I can write a .bat to kill all the processes attached
to my login after they start but that seems like a messy solution.
I'm talking about stuff like DirectCD, etc.

Oh well.

Why don't you ask your IT people to take care of this for you? That's what
they're around for. I can't think that DirectCD in autostart is a mandatory
feature on your corporate domain.