Prevent an User of editing desktop shortcuts, adding new files, folders or anything else on desktop.

Question

Dear all,

I am not sure how to do it and I might need your support.

I want to have an User account who can use a desktop but can not do any modification to it.

For instance,

the user can open files, folders, shortcuts, programs and everything, but can not delete or move any shortcut on the desktop, alongside any folder or subfolder. They can just, Read & View.

Thank you,
Horatiu.

Answer 1

Hi @Horațiu Ros

Thank you for your question and for getting in touch. My name is Samuel and I would be more than happy to help you with your query.

You can try this via the Group Policy Editor, for that follow the steps below:

1) Press Windows key + R and type gpedit.msc and press Enter.

2) Navigate to the following path:

User Configuration> Administrative Tools> Control Panel> Customization

3) Select Personalization and, in the right pane of the window, double-click the “Prevent desktop icons from changing” policy.

4) To enable desktop icon change: Not configured or disabled.

To disable changing desktop icons: Enabled

5) Click Apply followed by OK and After you finish, restart your PC to save the changes.

If the answer is helpful, please vote positively and accept the answer.

Regards,
Samuel