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I have a five-year-old with a Mac and a non-windows PC; the Mac case
is probably similar to Windows.  I also have guests rummaging around
to find games--this is probably worse than kids.  I've done three
things:

  1. The only really dangerous thing is dragging files into the trash.
     I have a folder that is positioned over the trashcan when open,
     called "Lid For Trashcan".  

  2. All really dangerous applications are buried in non-visible areas
     of deeply-nested folders.  The folder with all the games stays
     on the desktop where people can find it easily. 

  3. New users are told not to move any icons, not to scroll open
     folders (everything useful is visible), and to stay in the game
     folder and its sub-folders.  My kid learned very quickly how to
     get to the sub-folder with her games in it (it has her name on
     it), and no longer views the desktop as something to play with.

A non-windows PC is a different problem, since it's so easy to hang up
most applications by randomly typing on the keyboard.  I really ought
to write a kid-safe program, but I haven't yet.

I believe there are programs that let you write-protect your hard disk
with a password required for unlocking it.  Failing that, you could
write a script that sets PATH to a directory that contains nothing but
safe games.  You might even be able to start up Windows in that state.
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