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Desktop Icons disabled

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On a xp workstation that was installed by an external company no desktop icons are displayed.
No local GPO settings are enabled or tools are runing.
What settings in registry could prevent desktop icons to hide?

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BillDL

What I mean is:
=dword:00000001 to hide
=dword:00000000 to show

BillDL

{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} = My Computer
{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} = My Documents
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} = My Network Places
{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} = Internet Explorer

jesaja

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I actual never realized that there is an pointless option like this and so easy. Something like this should be appled only by GPO. But also thanks for BillDL as for your detailed information.
regards

BillDL

Thank you jesaja.

I agree, there are loads of pointless options in Windows. Are you sure you an't apply that by GPO? I don't have much experience in that area, but it surprises me.

This is a great resource for finding the registry keys and values that many Windows "policies" are set from:
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/

Just choose the appropriate category and check which version of Windows they apply to before using.

You will find many of the security related settings here:
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/id/4/