Customize Desktop Icons issue

[ZenVirZan]

I just installed Dexpot, and made my own profile for it, and I noticed that I can't have different icons on each desktop, even though I've selected the "Custom Desktop Icons" option.
Even when I tell it to not use the windows desktop, my original desktop icons remain. If I make a new file, it's sent to my windows desktop too. It's as if the option isn't selected at all. I've watched the public desktop folder, and that isn't changing at all - both desktops are reading from the windows one even though I've said for it not to use the windows one at all.

EDIT: I dragged a file onto the Desktop Management window and tried to send it to the other screen. It destroyed the file.

The only thing I can imagine that affects this is that my computer is running my network's group policy. I am a local administrator. Is there anything I can do to make each desktop unique?

[Patrick]

The only thing I can imagine that affects this is that my computer is running my network's group policy. I am a local administrator. Is there anything I can do to make each desktop unique?

Well, if anything prevents you from changing shell folder locations, then separate folder icon customization can't work. If your desktop is stored somewhere on a network share and you don't have write access to its parent folder, then it won't work either.

Go to "Settings > Switching Desktops > Desktop elements > Desktop icons > Advanced" and select "Use a shared common folder for all desktops". This way there is only a virtual separation between desktops, which should still work in such a situation.

EDIT: I dragged a file onto the Desktop Management window and tried to send it to the other screen. It destroyed the file.

Destroyed the file?

[ZenVirZan]

Haha, it worked! The shared folder option worked like a charm.
And yeah, I dragged the file onto the Desktop Manager, and it disappeared from the desktop I was on, but didn't re-appear on the other. It was just an image though, no big deal.
Thank you for your help

[Patrick]

The file disappeared because it was moved to the target desktop's folder. So only the switching part doesn't work. The default path for Desktop 2 is "C:\Users\%username%\Desktop 2" and accordingly for other desktop numbers. Check there if you want the file back.