Policy

Prevent changing desktop icons

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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Control Panel / Personalization
Policy ID cee98051131e
Internal name CPL_Personalization_NoDesktopIconsUI

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDispBackgroundPage (enabled) = 1
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\NoDispBackgroundPage (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

Related policies

Do not display the lock screenEnable screen saverForce a specific background and accent colorForce a specific default lock screen and logon imageForce a specific Start backgroundForce a specific visual style file or force Windows ClassicForce specific screen saver