Preventing deletion of desktop icons

How to prevent deleting desktop icons


Log in to client pc with the domain administrators account.

Navigate to the user's profile folder, and open it.

Take ownership of the desktop folder, and de-select the inherit permissions check box.

Remove the user from the permissions access list. Then re-add him. The users permissions now should be read, execute, and and list.

Then copy the shortcuts to desktop of domain users.

Note:

Make sure that you should logon to client pc at least one time to have the user’s profiles like Desktop.

Can be implemented in domain and in work group too.

To enable domain users to login to Server locally and through RDP

To enable domain users to login to Server locally and through RDP

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Enable shutdown/restart permission for domain users

To enable shutdown/restart permission for domain users.


We need to edit the Group Policy and the GP is located here:
Start  Administrative Tools  Group Policy Management
Under Group Policy Management  Forest  Domain  Domain Name  Domain Controllers  Default Domain Controller Policy
Right Click on Default Domain Controller Policy and took “Edit” so that we will get
“Group Policy Management Editor” In that

User Configuration>Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar
Disable “Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, and other options”