Registry Setting for Desktop icons

What you can do is, right click on the desktop an choose autoarrange. That will automatically arrgange all icons.
If you don't want the user to delete any icons you have to go to winnt\profiles\"user account name"\desktop or put all the icons that you want protected in all users\desktop directory. Than you rght click on the desktop folder go properties, security and give the user read only access and the administrators full access. You also have to take the adminitrative rights away from theuser. This will only work if you convert your partition to ntfs.
In command prompt type convert /? and it will tell you how to do it.
The registry key that retains the setting I have to look for, I just can't remember where I put it.
Hope that helps...

MS has a program called Policy Editor (poledit) available for free from their web site.

After installing it, goto file-> open registry. Two icons will appear, one for the user and one for the computer. Take a look around there's a lot neat stuff you can do with this nifty little program.

This program is very easy to use and will give you total control over the desktop, start menu and modify the appropreiate registry keys for you. This applies to 95 and NT.

Great for Net Admins. Good luck.

Bruce, MCSE