Show All Desktop Icons Across Network On Client Machine

[YellowLabProject]

Hello Guys,
When accessing the desktop on a network machine I would like to see all the icons and access them from this network computer.
It does not show me the three system icons, My Computer, My Network Places and My Documents.
The other thing I am experiencing is there are three users, Administrator, Bob and All Users, clicking and opening each of these shows me different icons on the desktop but none of them show all of them to me. How can I correct this, just drag them into the window?

Here is the path I am using:
\\Computer Name\C\Documents and Settings\Administrator\ Desktop
or
\\Computer Name\C\Documents and Settings\Bob\Desktop
or
\\Computer Name\C\Documents and Settings\All Users\ Desktop

and in the window that opens up showing the desktop on the network box I am accessing is where I don't have an icon for the three system icons aforementioned. This is also where each one of these shows different icons, but not any of them show all the desktop icons.

Hope this is clear as mud....

Thanks,

Doug

 

[smah]

What method are you accessing the system remotely- Remote Desktop? And if so, what user are you loging in as?

In any case, each local user on a Windows XP system can set many properties of their desktop appearance. Including wether or not to display an icon for My Computer, My Network Places, and My Documents. If you want to see those on the desktop of the local user that you are connecting as (or connecting to), then that particular user account needs to add them (Display Properties, Desktop tab).

The filesystem paths that you've referenced above are the normal layout for Windows XP. You've listed 2 possible real users - Bob and Administrator. (Administrator might not be displayed on the Welcome Screen). Everything in the 'All Users' folder structure applies to all users. This is not a real user account, but rather certain items that will be common to all local users.

Hope that helps.

 

[YellowLabProject]

What method are you accessing the system remotely- Remote Desktop? And if so, what user are you loging in as?

Nope, going through My Network Places and then clicking on the machine and navigating beggining at C:, Documents and Settings, Bob, Desktop. This is where I expect to see all the icons that reside on the local machine's desktop.

In any case, each local user on a Windows XP system can set many properties of their desktop appearance. Including wether or not to display an icon for My Computer, My Network Places, and My Documents. If you want to see those on the desktop of the local user that you are connecting as (or connecting to), then that particular user account needs to add them (Display Properties, Desktop tab).

If you referring to the icons being visible on the local machine, this is already established. It is being able to see/access them over the network in the window on the client side.
If I have missed a point, sorry. I did go to the user account in the CP and there is no setting for display properties.

The filesystem paths that you've referenced above are the normal layout for Windows XP. You've listed 2 possible real users - Bob and Administrator. (Administrator might not be displayed on the Welcome Screen). Everything in the 'All Users' folder structure applies to all users. This is not a real user account, but rather certain items that will be common to all local users.

Hopefully this adds a little more info in my goal.

Thanks,

Doug

 

[smah]

... C:, Documents and Settings, Bob, Desktop. This is where I expect to see all the icons that reside on the local machine's desktop.

That is where you will see all the real desktop icons for the Bob account that are not already in the 'All Users' desktop folder. If there were multiple users, they could all have very different desktop icons, so there really isn't a single "local machine desktop"

If you're just navigating the filesystem, I'm not clear what you're trying to accomplish with these desktop icons since they are just references to the real filesystem. For example, if you're looking for the local 'My Documents' folder for the 'Bob' user account, just navigate directly to c:\Documents and Settings\Bob\My Documents. There's no reason to navigate to c:\Documents and Settings\Bob\Desktop\My Documents since it is just a reference back to the real folder.

^{sidenote: having the entire C: drive shared to the network is usually not a good idea}

 

[BadBigBen]

sidenote: having the entire C: drive shared to the network is usually not a good idea

TOO true...

if you want to see what a user sees as he/she logs onto their account, then use a program such as UltraVNC...

that way you can also interact as that user...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."