Thanks, but 9.1 does not work the same as 9.0.  In particular, you cannot 
rename or change these icons (or even delete them).

On Wednesday 02 April 2003 10:49 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 11:51 pm, Norman Carver wrote:
> > Using KDE with 9.1, I have some questions about the new approach for
> > automatically creating desktop icons for removable devices.  I don't care
> > for how this shows up on my desktop--with each drive having 3 lines of
> > text like: CD-ROM
> >   mounted on /mnt
> >   /cdrom2
> >
> > This takes up a lot of space since I have a floppy, zip, cdrom, cd
> > burner, and dvd burner.  Furthermore, the cdrom, cd burner, and dvd
> > burner all show up with identical icons, and can be distinguished only
> > via the mount point. This is not how I want to remember which is which. 
> > So, what can I do about this? How can I change the names/text and icon
> > for each of the drives?
> >
> > Also, how are these icons being generated?  (I haven't tried tracking it
> > down as of yet.)
>
> Haven't got 9.1 yet, so answer is based on 9.0.  First, I would not worry
> about how they are generated.  You can decide later whether to experiment
> with putting them in a folder on the desktop if that's what you want.
>
> Have you tried right-click on one of the icons, > properties?  You should
> be able to change both the name and the icon there.  To change the icon you
> click on the icon shown and a list of available ones should show up.
>
> Anne

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