Hi, Agreed, I haven't had the experience of a folder being created simply because you rename a shortcut by removing the hyphen and the word Shortcut.
Thanks anyway, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of via Talk Sent: October 15, 2015 2:22 PM To: Curtis Delzer <curtis1...@verizon.net>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: Re: Desk Top Question I have done just that and it worked just fine. Curtis Delzer via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > speaking of shortcuts on the desktop, one thing I learned not to do in > windows 10 is to rename a shortcut taking the word "shortcut" out of the > name, because if you do this, it creates a folder with the same name and > puts whatever was at the previously named shortcut location in that > folder. So, if you, for example, modify something and then go to the > previous location and expect that same stuff, surprise surprise! > I hope that is not too convoluted, but the action behind the scenes sure > got my attention when I edited a file and found that where the "shortcut" > previously pointed before the renaming wasn't effected. > -- > Curtis Delzer <curtis1...@verizon.net> > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:43:26 -0400 > Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: > > > I know that I have done this. If there is a SendTo: submenu, one of its > > options would be to create a desktop shortcut. If that feature is missing > > from Windows 10, my desktop shortcuts must have gotten there when I > > installed certain programs. Pinning programs to the taskbar can be useful > > sometimes, because from the taskbar you can launch them with file or URRL > > options preset. > > > > > > > > Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD > > http://lras.home.sprynet.com > > -----Original Message----- From: Pastor Gil Pries via Talk > > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 1:17 PM > > To: t...@window-eyes.com > > Subject: Desk Top Question > > > > Hi, > > I am using Windows 10 pro. > > I need to know how to make a short cut on the desk top. > > I went to the program and hit the context key and got the choices pin to > > start and pin to the task bar. There was nothing about a shortcut on the > > desk top. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Pastor Gil > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/lras%40sprynet .com. > > For subscription options, visit > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/curtis1014%40v erizon.net. > > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.c ovici.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40h otmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
