A solution that works regardless which Skype version is installed (or even if the update does not have the option to create a shortcut) would be to start Skype on a useraccount that does NOT have the right to create new files on the desktop.

Basically you add a user with no access to the desktop folder and then you start skype with those limited rights (you still will logged on as your regular user, you won't use the restricted account to log on).

• add a user account

• restrict the new user account's not to write to the desktop folder for "all users" C:\Users\Public\Desktop. Right click it, choose properties, choose the tab "security" and remove the write access (change it from allowed to denied). You can remove access to any other user's desktop in the same way through C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop.

  

Alternatively you can just restrict the access to create new files by using the "advanced"-button in the security tab of the folder (you have to click on the link "show advanced access" in the top right corner):

• Then, start the skype with those user's rights. You can - for example - use PsExec.exe to do that or Process Explorer, here's how. One of those two you will have to download from the Microsoft website, if you don't have them already.

PS. sorry for the German screenshots currently I don't have English OS installed.

A solution that works regardless which Skype version is installed (or even if the update does not have the option to create a shortcut) would be to start Skype on a useraccount that does NOT have the right to create new files on the desktop.

Basically you add a user with no write access to the desktop folder and then you start Skype with those limited rights (you still will logged on as your regular user, you won't use the restricted account to log on).

• add a new user account which will be the restricted account

• restrict the new user account's not to write to the desktop folder for "all users": C:\Users\Public\Desktop. Right click on the folder, choose properties, choose the tab "security" and remove the write access (change it from allowed to denied). You can remove access to any other user's desktop in the same way through C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop.

  

Alternatively you can just restrict the access to create new files by using the "advanced"-button in the security tab of the folder (you have to click on the link "show advanced access" in the top right corner):

• Then, start the skype with those user's rights. You can - for example - use PsExec.exe to do that or Process Explorer, here's how. One of those two you will have to download from the Microsoft website, if you don't have them already.

PS. sorry for the German screenshots currently I don't have English OS installed.

A solution that works regardless which Skype version is installed (or even if the update does not have the option to create a shortcut) would be to start Skype on a useraccount that does NOT have the right to create new files on the desktop.

Basically you add a user with no access to the desktop folder and then you start skype with those limited rights (you still will logged on as your regular user, you won't use the restricted account to log on).

• add a user account

• restrict the new user account's not to access to the desktop folder for "all users" C:\Users\Public\Desktop. Right click it, choose properties, choose the tab "security" and remove the write access (change it from allowed to denied). You can remove access to any other user's desktop in the same way through C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop.

  

• Then, start the skype with those user's rights. You can - for example - use PsExec.exe to do that or Process Explorer, here's how. One of those two you will have to download from the Microsoft website, if you don't have them already.

A solution that works regardless which Skype version is installed (or even if the update does not have the option to create a shortcut) would be to start Skype on a useraccount that does NOT have the right to create new files on the desktop.

Basically you add a user with no access to the desktop folder and then you start skype with those limited rights (you still will logged on as your regular user, you won't use the restricted account to log on).

• add a user account

• restrict the new user account's not to write to the desktop folder for "all users" C:\Users\Public\Desktop. Right click it, choose properties, choose the tab "security" and remove the write access (change it from allowed to denied). You can remove access to any other user's desktop in the same way through C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop.

  

Alternatively you can just restrict the access to create new files by using the "advanced"-button in the security tab of the folder (you have to click on the link "show advanced access" in the top right corner):

• Then, start the skype with those user's rights. You can - for example - use PsExec.exe to do that or Process Explorer, here's how. One of those two you will have to download from the Microsoft website, if you don't have them already.

PS. sorry for the German screenshots currently I don't have English OS installed.