I have a windows 10 laptop at work. It's set up to show default icons on the desktop from the C:\Users\Public\Desktop folder. I hate that these icons clutter up my workspace but I have no privilege to delete them, and I think even if they were deleted, some group policy would recreate them sooner or later.  How can I hide or remove them?  Note: In File Explorer, I have allowed to show hidden files and I want to keep it that way.
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I share a PC with some other people in the office (we all work different hours).  They've installed a bunch of programs they use (AIM, etc...) that place a shortcut in C:\Users\Public\Desktop.    If I delete the icon, it's also going to be gone from their desktops as well.  Is there a way to hide these icons on my desktop, yet have them be visible on other people's desktops?
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I just went from 18.10 to 19.04 and the desktop icons and shortcuts are there but they are too large. Previously I could decrease their size from nautilus but now they seem to not respond to that and as far as I know, the desktop icons are no longer under nautilus.  I was wondering if there is a way to decrease the size of the icons already on my desktop instead of installing some new extension to create new icons and then resize them.
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When making a custom launcher, it is nice to have a matching icon for it from the default usr ubuntu directories. The problem that is: Ubuntu seems to store icons in about 50 or more folders. Browsing all of them in nautilus takes ages.  So my question is: Is there some kind of icon browser that shows an overview of all icons in /usr/share/icons/*?
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I'm wondering if it's possible to hide a folder without renaming it with a dot on the Desktop.  Ubuntu 12.04  Thanks
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My desktop (not the /home/user/Desktop folder) shows the contents of my /home/user folder. I don't know how I have done it and can I have some help on undoing it? The /home/user/Desktop folder just contains my desktop files which do not appear on my desktop.
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My searching has only shown me how to change various shortcuts for Windows Explorer to open specific locations. While learning the command line options for explorer.exe is beneficial, I'm trying to change where Windows Explorer opens when opening it by hitting Windows + E (the shortcut)-  Super User question was particularly informative on the subject, but again - for shortcuts, not when using the global hotkey. Why do I want this? Windows + E is by far my favorite; why to open Window's explorer? But, most of the time I want to see my userdir. Also, I detest the favorites, libraries, and desktop/user directory shown (Why? because they don't represent the filesystem), it should only be computer/* &lt;- This I've done. I want Windows + E to open to be {install_drive}/users/{user}, e.g. c:/users/payo.
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I wish to hide files in Linux without using the dot, since it's possible in Windows.  Is there a way to do this?
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How do I delete album art, desktop.ini, and thumbs.db from my music folder in Windows 7? I can see all of these files because I took the hard drive from my old computer and put it in my new one. It now has all of these junk files that the OS does not use, so I want to delete them and get them out of my sight.
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I have my Win 7 taskbar set to autohide but its often pops up... and just stays visible, obscuring the bottom of all other programs (since they are behaving correctly (as if the Task Bar isn't there b/c it's supposed to autohide).  Any way to force it to HIDE again?
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I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and would like to set the Files (Nautilus) sidebar (where it shows Places, Devices, Network) to default to not being displayed.   It can be toggled on/off with F9. In preferences you can set hidden files to display or not, but there's no option to set the sidebar to not display by default.
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Let's say I want to open XML files in Notepad, I can change the default program through Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a program.   However, that will also change its default icon to that of a text file. If I repeat the process for other file types then I lose the ability to easily distinguish different files in a folder based on their icon.  So after I change the default program, I would like to 'roll back' the icon change.   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\DefaultIcon stays the same as before the default program changed: %SystemRoot%\System32\msxml3.dll,0  I tried adding HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\xmlfile\DefaultIcon, as well as HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.xml\DefaultIcon but neither seem to work.  What registry key(s) should I change to get back the old icon (%SystemRoot%\System32\msxml3.dll,0) but keep Notepad as the default program?  I downloaded  and it shows %SystemRoot%\System32\msxml3.dll,0 as the default icon for XML files, even though that is not the icon I see in Explorer, and even in FileTypesMan itself!
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I have a strange problem. My icons seem to disappear randomly on my Windows 7. They were there a while back, now they ain't.  It happens often and quite randomly. Anyone know a fix?
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When opening a folder, by default it always shows hidden files. I can uncheck the view option and they disappear but reappear on the next opening with the hidden files option re-checked. Have I inadvertently changed an option or is this a bug? No-one else seems to have encountered this.
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One day when I opened My Computer I saw a strange icon for drive D: instead of the usual icon.  How can I restore the original icon? Here is a screenshot:
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I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.1 at the moment, and system windows like the Files window, Terminal or System Software open behind the Unity launcher, which means they are partially hidden behind it. I can move them with Alt+F7, but I'd like a more permanent solution to this problem.
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I want to make my folders private, so that they can only be accessed after logging in with my own account, but be inaccessible by other local accounts, even the administrator accounts.  I have a PC with windows 8 Professional.   I know I can set the security options for a folder and deny full control access for any other account already created. But since there are other Administrator accounts, new accounts can be created from there and then my folder will be accessible from there.  And if I deny access for ALL administrator group, then even I myself wont have access to my folder!  What is the solution?
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I have a source file for an icon. It has a base layer which is the icon background, and a number of layer folders, each of which contains layers for each individual icon. There are 20 or so of these folders. To save the icon set, I need to:   Make the base layer visible, and hide all other layers Show the folder of the icon I want to save Save the file, with an appropriate name (the name of the folder) Hide that folder. Repeat steps 2-4 for every folder   I've played around with the scripting in Photoshop but haven't been able to make something that does this automatically (it's an annoyingly time-consuming operation). Is it possible?