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  • April 12, 2000 at 10:13 am #2081569

    Persistent folder display on desktop

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    by robbkester · about 23 years, 1 month ago

    We use NT 4.0, SP3. We don’t use roaming profiles. On some machines, the C:\Program folder opens on the desktop every time a certain user logs in. If you close that window, it still comes back on the next login. If you delete the C:\Program folder, you get an error message saying that it can’t be found.

    We’ve determined that the setting is in the Current User registry. It’s probably one of the Streams or DesktopStreams settings, but finding which one has been a problem. Has anyone else seen something similar?

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    • April 12, 2000 at 11:11 pm #3900006

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by denis a. bilas · about 23 years, 1 month ago

      In reply to Persistent folder display on desktop

      Try to look into

      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

      or

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    • April 13, 2000 at 8:24 am #3899979

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by rmmcp · about 23 years, 1 month ago

      In reply to Persistent folder display on desktop

      Disconnect the network cable. I know Wkstn won’t like that, but then power up and use a local logon. If it doen’t do this, that will tell you if it’s network logon related.

    • April 13, 2000 at 5:23 pm #3899944

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by mrbjh · about 23 years, 1 month ago

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      you say you dont use roaming profiles, so that means you use mandatory profiles if any at all. If this is the case then the profile has that folder in it and is re-downloaded everytime the user logs in and thus keeps comming back. Try editing the profile, removing the folder and re-uploading it.

      • September 8, 2000 at 1:33 am #3745746

        Persistent folder display on desktop

        by robbkester · about 22 years, 8 months ago

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        We don’t use mandatory profiles. We just don’t store any profile information on the server. Each user gets a workstation-specific copy of the Default User profile on each machine at their first login. Then, on future logins to that machine, they use the local profile. Each user has a separate, unlinked profile on each workstation.

        This happens to every user on the machine, so it appears to be at the Local Machine level, not the Current User level.

    • April 13, 2000 at 10:11 pm #3899936

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by valentin · about 23 years, 1 month ago

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      It is maybe that that folder was opened when user logged off – system opens it each time user logs in again. Try to close folder and re-login

      • September 8, 2000 at 1:33 am #3745747

        Persistent folder display on desktop

        by robbkester · about 22 years, 8 months ago

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        We tried that, but the folder keeps coming back. I think that something has become corrupted so the system can’t properly record that the window was closed.

    • January 17, 2001 at 7:40 am #3837486

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by gutridgesj · about 22 years, 4 months ago

      In reply to Persistent folder display on desktop

      make a policy that does not allow one to change the desktop

    • August 9, 2001 at 12:46 pm #3709202

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by james_randy · about 21 years, 9 months ago

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      Since you rejected all those answers, why don’t you just close your question?

    • August 9, 2001 at 6:59 pm #3708972

      Persistent folder display on desktop

      by robbkester · about 21 years, 9 months ago

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      This question was auto closed due to inactivity

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