Rebellious icons
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rebellious icons
Thanks - both problems solved. I hovered the cursor over the clock and the spanner appeared, reminding me of what I did the first time. I downloaded the little programme to keep the icons in place and after re-starting they came back repeatedly in their desired places. So both irritants have gone away.
Many thanks to everyone.
However, your replies raised another highly relevant question. Why do I need icons, anyway? The only ones I ever use are those for Word, Firefox, Spybot and CCleaner. For other chores I tend to type in the relevant address or whatever - and only then realise (sometimes) that I have a shortcut icon. Perhaps I'll get rid of them. Perhaps I need counselling. On the other hand, I once read that counselling is the only fate worse than the death penalty.
Many thanks to everyone.
However, your replies raised another highly relevant question. Why do I need icons, anyway? The only ones I ever use are those for Word, Firefox, Spybot and CCleaner. For other chores I tend to type in the relevant address or whatever - and only then realise (sometimes) that I have a shortcut icon. Perhaps I'll get rid of them. Perhaps I need counselling. On the other hand, I once read that counselling is the only fate worse than the death penalty.
Last edited by aspac; 4th July 2009 at 01:33. Reason: Edited to correct punctuation (insert question mark)
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From: land of the clanger
Why do I need icons, anyway?
I have no icons on my desktop at all, the most used programs are pinned to the task bar and launched from there with a single click.
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Individual taste, innit.
Stuff I use all the time lives in the taskbar.
Stuff I use occasionally but often enough to want it there, is on the desktop.
Stuff I use rarely or not at all is just in the Start menu. There's far too much of that - I should clear out, really.
Stuff I use all the time lives in the taskbar.
Stuff I use occasionally but often enough to want it there, is on the desktop.
Stuff I use rarely or not at all is just in the Start menu. There's far too much of that - I should clear out, really.
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
Specifically Win 7
Okay, I'd had enough of not knowing where Explorer was going to take me, so I loaded a copy in my working drive, E.
set, E colon\explorer.exe E colon \This or that folder, /e in its properties, and lo, away it went.
I started several pages of my book, then went back to the Task bar - there was NO list of histories. The old one still works as normal with the dynamic list.
This is handy a lot of the time, but when an item has fallen off the end, it really is a chore to go all the way through the Drive, Folder, (often folder folder folder) then file. Also, I hate using Word processor's Open file seeker. Don't know why, it so tunnel-vision-ish I suppose.
EDIT
Aaaaaaaaaagh! again.
Prior to this, if one was to go to the right-hand screen and pick a folder rather than a file, it would say 'Explore' as the top and bold option. Now, it's offering Open - just like the old Explorer. Okay, I'll go back and try the virgin offering. No, it's changed as well. Open and not Explore when pertaining to a folder.
This was a major change in the wording, and quite logical I thought, so I'm (almost) totally sure that I'm not mistaken.
Oddly, my old problem of Word Perfect starting several copies came back when I started using W7. After a few days of deleting them in Task manager, it stopped doing it. Just the same as XP Pro. Very odd.
Now, with the new Explorer.exe running as a book dedicated Explorer, it's started doing it again! So very odd. Anyway, based on past experience, all I've got to do is sit back and wait a few days, and it'll stop doing it.
Nowt so queer as computers.
Okay, I'd had enough of not knowing where Explorer was going to take me, so I loaded a copy in my working drive, E.
set, E colon\explorer.exe E colon \This or that folder, /e in its properties, and lo, away it went.
I started several pages of my book, then went back to the Task bar - there was NO list of histories. The old one still works as normal with the dynamic list.
This is handy a lot of the time, but when an item has fallen off the end, it really is a chore to go all the way through the Drive, Folder, (often folder folder folder) then file. Also, I hate using Word processor's Open file seeker. Don't know why, it so tunnel-vision-ish I suppose.
EDIT
Aaaaaaaaaagh! again.
Prior to this, if one was to go to the right-hand screen and pick a folder rather than a file, it would say 'Explore' as the top and bold option. Now, it's offering Open - just like the old Explorer. Okay, I'll go back and try the virgin offering. No, it's changed as well. Open and not Explore when pertaining to a folder.This was a major change in the wording, and quite logical I thought, so I'm (almost) totally sure that I'm not mistaken.
Oddly, my old problem of Word Perfect starting several copies came back when I started using W7. After a few days of deleting them in Task manager, it stopped doing it. Just the same as XP Pro. Very odd.
Now, with the new Explorer.exe running as a book dedicated Explorer, it's started doing it again! So very odd. Anyway, based on past experience, all I've got to do is sit back and wait a few days, and it'll stop doing it.
Nowt so queer as computers.
Last edited by Loose rivets; 5th July 2009 at 17:46.
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Hello BRL,
In XP, I can go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices and tick the box "Place Volume Icon in Taskbar". Perhaps there is (still) something similar in Vista.
SD
In XP, I can go to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices and tick the box "Place Volume Icon in Taskbar". Perhaps there is (still) something similar in Vista.
SD
