
Originally Posted by
nightkhaos
Vista has shared desktops and start menu items. There are two folders that affect the desktop, the shared desktop folder, and the users own desktop folder. I can't remember the paths to either, but both are somewhere in Documents and Settings. When you delete an icon, depending on where it is, it will either delete it from all users, or just the current one. XP on the other hand only did this folder cominations for the Start Menu, and the desktop was independent for all users.
Hope this helps.