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I've looked on the multitude of questions related to Desktop icons in Windows 7 but I haven't found the answer I'm looking for yet.

The goal is to have Desktop icons on the Public folder such that all users see them by default. However, if a user wants to hide all the shortcuts from the Public Desktop, he should be able to.

The last part I haven't found a way. So far it seems to be a "all or nothing" situation. Either you have the shortcuts on a per user basis or having them in the Public/Desktop folder forces everyone to have them visible without being able to change this themselves.

Basically I want the users to be able to disable the integration between their Desktop and the Public one, effectively only seeing what they have in their C:\Users\<User>\Desktop folder.

Edit: Focus on the ability to disable the integration of the User's and Public Desktop.

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Considering the fact that it's a Public folder shared for everyone, any change by one user is going to reflect on all computers.

The only way to maintain what you want to do is as you suggested; on a per-user basis.

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My question is more on the aspect of if there is any way the user can hide/delete undesired icons even if they exist in the Public folder. – Unode Jul 14 '11 at 18:09
It's a shared folder, so there is no way to achieve what you want. – Thiago M. Jul 14 '11 at 18:17
I'm not trying to modify the shared folder behavior. I simply don't want the desktop to behave the way it does. I.e. displaying icons in the Public/Desktop folder without an option to disable this. I refuse to believe that there is no way around it. I'll clarify the question to reflect this. – Unode Jul 14 '11 at 19:17
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