Using the guide here http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/win2008r2/tag/desktop-experience I am running server 2008 R2 on a laptop using the desktop experience. I do this so I can use Hyper-V for demo environments. Something funny is happening with my desktop icons. They seem to be frozen in place. I cannot drag them around on the desktop at all. I can't even drag something to the recycle bin from the desktop. Anyone know what policy or something else that would lock this down? I need to be able to move them around. John Marcum | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jmarcum/|

Corrupt user profile might cause such issues as I had seen those before. I could fix the issue by recreating the affected profile. Here's what I had done before. Log on with local admin account. Rename the affected user profile to say user.old (don't forget to backup favorites and anything important) Log on again with the desired user and restore backed up data. Thanks Press any key... What the ... Where's any key ? This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. About Me ?

Corrupt user profile might cause such issues as I had seen those before. I could fix the issue by recreating the affected profile. Here's what I had done before. Log on with local admin account. Rename the affected user profile to say user.old (don't forget to backup favorites and anything important) Log on again with the desired user and restore backed up data. Thanks Press any key... What the ... Where's any key ? This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. About Me ?

Hi, After search I found related issue happened on Windows 7, Windows Vista or even Windows XP. So I think this is not a version issue which just happens on Windows Server 2008R2, but a common issue happens on Windows System. As Santosh Bhandarkar mentioned above, you may try to create a new user profile and check the result. Also from other threads, partners suggest disable all startup items to troubleshoot this issue: 1. Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Start Search box, and then press Enter. Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window. 2. Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3. Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Restart laptop and test this issue in the Clean Boot environment, if the issue disappears in the Clean Boot environment, we can use a 50/50 approach to quickly narrow down which entry is causing the issue. For more information please refer to following MS articles: Windows 7 Pro Desktop Icon Issue http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproperf/thread/cac2f0d7-0292-4473-9b0f-4cf62c04c690 Desktop freeze ups lately, can't left or right click on icons or desktop area http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/6e2e03eb-a2a2-434d-910a-f7c96596cc77 Hope this helps! TechNet Subscriber Support If you areTechNet Subscription user and have any feedback on our support quality, please send your feedback here.Lawrence TechNet Community Support

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