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Old February 20, 2010, 11:03 PM
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Does anyone know if there is a way to lock the desktop icons on Windows 7? My 3 1/2yr old son loves using my computer, but he hasn't mastered point and clicking. Thus, my icons are always copied thrice or deleted etc.

I was just wondering if there is a way to lock the icons on the desktop so they can not be moved.
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Old February 21, 2010, 02:04 AM
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Does anyone know if there is a way to lock the desktop icons on Windows 7? My 3 1/2yr old son loves using my computer, but he hasn't mastered point and clicking. Thus, my icons are always copied thrice or deleted etc.

I was just wondering if there is a way to lock the icons on the desktop so they can not be moved.
I don't want to google for you (obviously), but iirc from what I have read a while ago in one of my books you can do that in the registry.
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Old February 21, 2010, 10:01 AM
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* DISCLAIMER: edit the Registry at your own peril*

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Policies\Explorer.

Right-click in the right pane and select New, DWORD Value name NoSaveSettings and press the Enter key.

Right-click on the new NoSaveSettings item and select Modify. Enter 1 in the Value data box.

After this, whenever you restart Windows, your settings will return to their current state
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Old February 21, 2010, 05:48 PM
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other aisles had ducked, fearing that someone was robbing the store and firing off a shotgun."
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