Re: HELP !!! I need to stop my Wife moving the shortcuts on my desktop WIN95

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From: Bill Bragger
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:00

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In article <01bbe1e9$6ffb7280$75ae20cc@shaun>, spk@ix.netcom.com says...
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>I need to fix the icons on my WIN95 desktop.
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>I want to  place them on the screen and lock them so they cannot be 
moved
>by my WIfe (and her interfering fingers).
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>I don't just want to turn on 'Auto Arrange' as she knows how to find 
this.
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Hi Shaun,
	When I used to run Win3.1 I had the same problem with my son. 
What I did was to make the file that contained the desktop icons a "read 
only" file (I don't remember the file name). If there is a similar 
arrangement in Win95 this could be your answer.

Gool Luck, Bill

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From: braggerw@istar.ca (Bill Bragger)
Subject: Re: HELP !!! I need to stop my Wife moving the shortcuts on my desktop WIN95
Date: 1996/12/18
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