A program that periodically removes desktop shortcuts. It also deletes shortcuts as they appear keeping your desktop less cluttered than it would otherwise be :)

This program was made to help deal with the problem in this issue.

Install with cargo using: cargo install desktop_shortcut_remover

Install with winget: winget install G0rocks.DesktopShortcutRemover

The program must be run once (can be manual or set to run on startup). After that the program will delete shortcuts a few seconds after they are created and also check the public and user desktop daily at 10:00 (10 in the morning for AM/PM people) to delete all shortcuts on the desktop in case any are missed in the real time deletions.

To configure to run at startup, run shell:startup to open the startup folder and add a shortcut to the desktop shortcut remover (wherever you have it installed).

To shutdown the program you must open the task manager and end the task.