Feature Request: Move icons between All Users / Current User

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Hello All,

this request could be implemented as a separate program that has nothing to do with fences. However since fences IS about icon management I thought that the developers might consider adding this feature.

 

I'd like to be able to right click on an icon an change it location from All Users desktop to Current User desktop and vise versa. When a PC is used by several home users you want some common icons for all of them, and these go to All Users and some of them you want for a particular user only. But some installators don't give a choice when they are placing icons on the desktop and sometimes you simply forget to choose the right option.

 

Moving icons from all users to current user and back has always been a problem for me. I'd like a simpler way of performing this, and this is something that fences can offer.

And to get really fancy an ability could be provide to change state of an icon from All users to Another user (select from the drop down menu of all local users or of all users that have a profile on the box).

 

Thank you for reading,

Andrew

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/customize-the-windows-vista-send-to-menu/

Using this, you could just set up shortcuts to your desktop and the public desktop respectively, and even other user's desktops if you have access. I doubt this will be a feature added to Fences.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Shirley,

thank you for this. Are you absolutely sure that the link your posted provides information on how to do what you said?

The 'send to' menu primarily used to start a program and pass what ever you clicked 'send to' on as a parameter. Yes, windows has a facility to include current desktop in the send to menu (it is included there by default), but there are two problems with this as applicable to the problem I posted in the original post:

1. It does not MOVE the shortcut, it creates a new one.  The send to operation never deletes the original. Not what I want

2. There is no simple way of adding "send to" for a other user's desktop.

If you know how to "t set up shortcuts to your desktop and the public desktop respectively, and even other user's desktops" please do share. If you feel that I missed something when I read the link you posted, please don't hesitate to point out where this information that I missed is located related to the rest of the article.

I do understand if Fences development team doesn't feel like this feature belong to fences and I can accept this. However, could you please confirm that when you said "I doubt this will be a feature added to Fences.", you said this in official capacity as a Stardock representative and not just expressing your private opinion.

I once again thank you for the time you put into researching the subject of my concern and providing me with an answer. I would appreciate it greatly if you could get back to me on the points I posted above.

 

Thank you in advance,

Andrew

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The move option is a problem, there is no option to move with the send to menu.  However, you can just create shortcuts to the following locations and should have no issues (provided you have permissions to other users desktops):

C:\Users\Public\Desktop

C:\Users\{YOUR USER NAME}\Desktop

C:\Users\{OTHER USER's NAME}\Desktop

You can rename the shortcuts as you see fit.