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From: Anthony Lisanti on 28 Jan 2010 11:22 Sometimes when I install a program, I try to make a desktop shortcut, but it wont appear on the desktop. I try to create one myself, but when I drag it to the desktop it seems to go into never, never land. What could cause this? Tony
From: Carlos on 28 Jan 2010 13:29 Tony, Please describe exactly what happens when you drag the exe file to the desktop so that we can think of a creative answer. I assume you are "right" dragging the exe to the desktop and choosing "create shortcut", right? What happens then? :) Carlos "Anthony Lisanti" wrote: > > > Sometimes when I install a program, I try to make a desktop shortcut, > but it wont appear on the desktop. I try to create one myself, but > when I drag it to the desktop it seems to go into never, never land. > > > What could cause this? > > > Tony > . >
From: Anthony Lisanti on 28 Jan 2010 13:52 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:29:02 -0800, Carlos <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Tony, >Please describe exactly what happens when you drag the exe file to the >desktop so that we can think of a creative answer. >I assume you are "right" dragging the exe to the desktop and choosing >"create shortcut", right? >What happens then? I drag my shortcut to the desktop, the same as I've done for years and it's just not there, like poof! Gone. Ive been using and building my own machines since 1991, so this is odd to me. I hate to think I'm doing a dumb guy move. I have some themes installed that rotate, so I thought something wacky like it's stuck on one of the backgrounds, but no luck. I can drag it to "Rocket Dock" which I have installed, but the icon for a few of the programs changes into a "?" . This seems to happen on some Open Source stuff that claim windows 7 & 64 bit OK, so I beleive it must be the program, not Windows at this point. Tony >:) >Carlos > >"Anthony Lisanti" wrote: > >> >> >> Sometimes when I install a program, I try to make a desktop shortcut, >> but it wont appear on the desktop. I try to create one myself, but >> when I drag it to the desktop it seems to go into never, never land. >> >> >> What could cause this? >> >> >> Tony >> . >>
From: Robert Aldwinckle on 6 Feb 2010 09:09 "Anthony Lisanti" <ajlisanti(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:mtm3m5h1t06064bpsqqifas3actl1eql2q(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:29:02 -0800, Carlos > <Carlos(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>Tony, >>Please describe exactly what happens when you drag the exe file to the >>desktop so that we can think of a creative answer. >>I assume you are "right" dragging the exe to the desktop and choosing >>"create shortcut", right? >>What happens then? > > I drag my shortcut to the desktop, the same as I've done for years and > it's just not there, like poof! Gone. Try using ProcMon to refine that symptom description? ; ) > Ive been using and building > my own machines since 1991, so this is odd to me. I hate to think > I'm doing a dumb guy move. I have some themes installed that rotate, > so I thought something wacky like it's stuck on one of the > backgrounds, but no luck. I can drag it to "Rocket Dock" which I > have installed, but the icon for a few of the programs changes into a > "?" . > > > > This seems to happen on some Open Source stuff that claim windows 7 & > 64 bit OK, so I beleive it must be the program, not Windows at this > point. > > > Tony > > > >>:) >>Carlos >> >>"Anthony Lisanti" wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Sometimes when I install a program, I try to make a desktop shortcut, >>> but it wont appear on the desktop. I try to create one myself, but >>> when I drag it to the desktop it seems to go into never, never land. >>> >>> >>> What could cause this? >>> >>> >>> Tony >>> . >>>
From: Dominic Payer on 6 Feb 2010 10:23
Right click on the file, or a shortcut which launches it, and and select Send to then Desktop. On 28/01/2010 16:22, Anthony Lisanti wrote: > > > Sometimes when I install a program, I try to make a desktop shortcut, > but it wont appear on the desktop. I try to create one myself, but > when I drag it to the desktop it seems to go into never, never land. > > > What could cause this? > > > Tony |