Prevent changing desktop icons
- Policy ID
- CPL_Personalization_NoDesktopIconsUI
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Control Panel › Personalization
Description
Prevents users from changing the desktop icons.
By default, users can use the Desktop Icon Settings dialog in the Personalization or Display Control Panel to show, hide, or change the desktop icons.
If you enable this setting, none of the desktop icons can be changed by the user.
For systems prior to Windows Vista, this setting also hides the Desktop tab in the Display Control Panel.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoDispBackgroundPage-