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to: Rich
from: John Beckett
date: 2006-04-23 21:59:30
subject: Re: Desktop icons

From: John Beckett 

"Rich"  wrote in message news::
> There are APIs to enumerate the local user profiles.

OK but that sounds way too hard and fragile for a setup program.

> More typical behavior that I do see are application that create there
> icons on first run.  Outlook and WMP are ones that I see do this.

I also grind my teeth when thinking of the pain inflicted by Outlook 2000
when a new user logs on and tries to use it (you have to provide the
original install distribution point, e.g. the CD). It's great if Outlook
was deployed via Group Policy, or at least from an admin setup using an
always-available server share. But a real menace otherwise.

John

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