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You can control changes to desktop icons here <br />
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<a href="http://www.computerstepbystep.com/prevent-changing-desktop-icons.html" rel="ugc">http://www.computerstepbystep.com/prevent-changing-desktop-icons.html</a><br />
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But I am not sure if this prevents changing icon properties. <br />
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This is really a user function in any event.
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You can control changes to desktop icons here

http://www.computerstepbystep.com/prevent-changing-desktop-icons.html [http://www.computerstepbystep.com/prevent-changing-desktop-icons.html]

But I am not sure if this prevents changing icon properties.

This is really a user function in any event.

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Had a request from management here to prevent users from changing the default folder icons. (Right click&gt;Properties&gt;Customise<wbr />&gt;Change Icon). Preferable way would be via a GPO, but &nbsp;cannot seem to find that setting. &nbsp;<br />
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Does anyone have any idea about how I could implement this? Machines are Windows 7 - 10.
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Had a request from management here to prevent users from changing the default folder icons. (Right click>Properties>Customise>Change Icon). Preferable way would be via a GPO, but  cannot seem to find that setting.  

Does anyone have any idea about how I could implement this? Machines are Windows 7 - 10.

Preventing users from changing folder icons.

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