From: "Rich" 

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   It can't.  In the scenario described here, the app was installed as =
an administrator.  firefox might not even install except as an admin.  =
Give a try and let us all know.

Rich

  "Geo"  wrote in message news:444adcbb{at}w3....
  If the user who installs firefox isn't an administrator then how does =
it put an icon in the all users desktop? I'm assuming here that the guy =
just installed firefox and hasn't logged on as a different user before =
deleting the two icons.

  Geo.
    "Rich"  wrote in message news:444ab99b{at}w3....

       For anyone reading this that cares about what is going on, the =
previous description is very relevant

      Once Firefox is installed, there are two icons on my Desktop I'd =
like to remove: The Setup application itself and a shortcut to Firefox. =
So I select both icons and drag them to the Recycle Bin. Simple, right?
      Wrong. Here's what you have to go through to actually delete those =
files in Windows Vista. First, you get a File Access Denied dialog =
(Figure) explaining that you don't, in fact, have permission to delete a =
... shortcut?? To an application you just installed??? Seriously?=20


    His annoyance is understandable.  Firefox's installer is poorly =
behaved.  Instead of adding a shortcut to the desktop of existing users =
and the default profile for new users it adds it to the single =
administrator restricted all users profile.  This is an unfriendly = choice
on Windows XP and earlier releases too.  Why?  Because individual = users
have no choice.  The icon must be removed by an administrator only = from
all desktops or none.

    Rich
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   It
can't.  In the =
scenario=20
described here, the app was installed as an administrator. 
firefox = might=20
not even install except as an admin.  Give a try and let us all=20
know.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo" <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:444adcbb{at}w3....
  If the user who installs firefox =
isn't an=20
  administrator then how does it put an icon in the all users desktop? =
I'm=20
  assuming here that the guy just installed firefox and hasn't logged on =
as a=20
  different user before deleting the two icons.
   
  Geo.
  

    "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:444ab99b{at}w3....
     
       For
anyone reading =
this that cares=20
    about what is going on, the previous description is very=20
    relevant
     
    
      Once Firefox is installed, there are two icons on my =
Desktop I'd=20
      like to remove: The Setup application itself and a shortcut to =
Firefox. So=20
      I select both icons and drag them to the Recycle Bin. Simple,=20
      right?
      Wrong. Here's what you have to
go through =
to=20
      actually delete those files in Windows Vista. First, you get a =
File Access=20
      Denied dialog (http://www.winsupersite.com/images/reviews/vista_5342_rev5_00.jpg=
"=20
      fn=3D"vista_5342_rev5_00.jpg" lid=3D"Figure">Figure) =
explaining that you=20
      don't, in fact, have permission to delete a ... shortcut?? To an=20
      application you just installed??? Seriously? =

     
    His annoyance is =
understandable. =20
    Firefox's installer is poorly behaved.  Instead of adding a =
shortcut to=20
    the desktop of existing users and the default profile for new users =
it adds=20
    it to the single administrator restricted all users profile.  =
This is=20
    an unfriendly choice on Windows XP and earlier releases too. =20
    Why?  Because individual users have no choice.  The icon =
must be=20
    removed by an administrator only from all desktops or=20
none.
     
    Rich

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