How may I limit a user to only see selected desktop application ICONs.


  1. Posts : 18
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    How may I limit a user to only see selected desktop application ICONs.


    Hello,

    Dell XPS 8900 running Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - 10.0.18363 Build 18363

    I just added a second user to my Windows 10 PC but I only want the new user to view a subset of the application desktop ICONs. Both ids can see all of the application desktop ICONs.

    Under C:\Users, I see the following users: Default, Mary, Public and Thomas

    User Default has an empty Desktop folder

    User Mary has a Desktop folder that only contains Microsoft Edge

    User Thomas originally did not have a Desktop folder. I defined one but it is empty.

    User Public has a Desktop folder with many ICONs.

    Doing a couple of Google searches, I thought that I could move most of the Public ICONs to the Thomas User, but this only results in me not seeing the ICONs for user Thomas

    One additional item which I do not know if it matters is that my PC crashed, but I was able to recover by using a Recovery Drive (Never fully understood the power of the Recovery Drive until my crash)
    Prior to the crash, the user id of MARY only showed a subset of the desktop ICONs. Whatever I did or the system did to accomplish this is no longer remembered.

    I would like to have user Thomas see all of the ICONs but Mary to only see a subset of them. Would anyone know how this may be accomplished?

    Thanks in advance

    Stu
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  2. Posts : 5,048
    Windows 10/11 Pro x64, Various Linux Builds, Networking, Storage, Cybersecurity Specialty.
       #2

    Hi Stuart253 -

    Welcome to Windows Ten Forums!

    There are a few ways to accomplish this based on your experience with Windows 10...

    Easier - simply create these user accounts and hide/remove the desktop shortcut for the application you do not want selected.
    Harder - (but more effective) - Can I limit access to Windows 10 apps?

    Of course, you can also use Group Policy...

    Hope this helps!

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