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Logging into my job computer using remote desktop will make the icons rearrange, but not always. Sometimes they do not rearrange.
When I am connected with remote desktop, the icons in the right edge is a waste. When I come back to the computer physically, the icons could or would not be rearranged.
When they are rearranged, they do not necessarily go to a place further to the left. They could move down two places.
Is there anyone that knows the idea behind this?
How do I prevent this if I do not want to install a 3rd party software that would take a snapshot of the icons and later on restore them?
I consider creating two bat files, one that restricts the access to the registry key where icon positions are stored and one that releases the restriction.
However, ideas are welcome.
So I have to change that value when I actually want to set icon locations? – Anders Lindén – 2015-06-24T11:51:54.170
Yes, that is correct. – Greg Askew – 2015-06-24T12:12:37.007
Can I have a policy for terminal server sessions and one for local sessions? – Anders Lindén – 2015-06-24T13:01:09.977
Yes, actually the USER policy linked to the terminal servers OU would only apply to terminal server sessions. It would not affect local/desktop sessions. – Greg Askew – 2015-06-24T13:08:41.070
Oh, there is a problem, I am running windows 7 and I do not use "terminal server", but "remote desktop"... I did not know about the difference – Anders Lindén – 2015-06-24T14:21:49.800
I am sorry about that, the question is edited now. – Anders Lindén – 2015-06-24T14:31:42.820
The setting should be the same, although if you are logging on to the same machine both locally and through a remote session, the same policy WOULD apply to both. – Greg Askew – 2015-06-24T14:58:24.693
So I cannot have a setting that is automatically applied to remote desktop sessions then. – Anders Lindén – 2015-06-24T15:01:15.777
Not if you don't want be able to re-arrange your icons in a local session, no. Sorry! – Greg Askew – 2015-06-24T15:11:37.700
If you have permission to modify the registry key, you could create a script that sets the permission to deny Changes when logged on in a remote session, and allow changes if local. But that is getting a bit klunky. You may want to migrate this over to SuperUser. – Greg Askew – 2015-06-24T15:13:19.577