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Desktop Icons only show Properties when left-click
How do I during run time create an icon on the desktop for my app. How do I create the icon text on the desktop. How do I create the shortcut path in the icon properties. There's a sample on the VB CD. I believe it's called SHELLLNK.VBP or something similar. I'm sure there's also code on www.mvps.org/vbnet.

Changing Icons.
WetBehindEars WetBehindE...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp general I have a user here who has this bar down the left side of their desktop and it looks to be the properties of whatever desktop icon you click on. How do I remove it? Its about 3/4 wide and I cant seem to remove it from their

Desktop IE icon replaced with shortcut
I use the icon on the Quick Launch bar, although right clicking the desktop icon and choosing Open also works. I keep the desktop icon because it's so convenient for changing IE's properties. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP Please make any responses to the newsgroup OE User Tips: http://www.okinfoweb.com/moe Richard

Desktop Access Icon Properties
Use the wizard to create a shortcut for Outlook since any attempt to create a shortcut from the special desktop icon creates one with the fields grayed out. "Ian" <bitbucket1...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u#rxN2NZBHA.1440@tkmsftngp04... I have copied a shortcut of Outlook 2000 but when selecting properties

Desktop Icon properties!!
or "How do I prevent Win9x from re-arranging the desktop?" or more usefully (given the realities) "How do I preserve and restore the desktop icon positions? I prefer to use this via the less intrusive BackTab .inf that adds a tab to the Display Properties dialog without running EZ Desk resident.

beta 7f on OD
"Andreas Kaestner" <andreaskaest...@web.de> wrote: If you miss the My Computer icon for one pixel, the you will get the Display Properties. True but that isn't the case and it has happened with the IE Desktop icon Properties too. Another thing could be a messed ShellIconCache. Start into Safe Mode and delete the

Outlook Desktop Icon?
The problem is when I go to right click on the desktop to bring up properties for the desktop the whole middle section of Arange Icons by.... are greyed out. The greyed out item are 'show in groups' (not checked), 'auto arrange' (not checked), and 'align to grid' (checked). I am unable to drag the icons anywhere on

Desktop/Network setup changed, can't find how to put it right
Worked fine, but took away my desktop icon (convenient for changing account properties or setting up new profiles, since I'm also the exchange admin for my company - much easier using this than having to go through to control panel / mail applet). Rebuilt the tablet from scratch, installed Office 2003 clean,

Missing Icon
... "George A. Brown II" <5471...@coj.net> wrote: Hello All, I seem to have read some time ago that it is possible to adjust the properties of your Netscape desktop icon to automatically open up a certain URL as opposed to your home page. Could some please email the procedure to the following address.

IE - properties on desktop icon
David John Schmitz cygn...@planet.net comp os ms-windows programmer misc Hello, I am trying to develop a program that will change the path of desktop Icons in Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I was wondering if this is feasable ????? The existing path of the desktop Icons lead to a directory off the drive and I wish to

Recycle Bin lost from Desktop
Alternatively Run... (eg press Win-R and enter:) control inetcpl.cpl --- "Jen" <anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:a69601c406c7$452de230$a401280a@phx.gbl... Unable to get properties with the 7 tabs on for cleaning files / cookies excetera from left clicking on desktop icon/properties. Help.

Why seemingly two basic kinds of Desktop icons?
Alan Edwards edwa...@southcom.com.au microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie6 browser Try putting the IE icon back. Desktop icon IE-Tools-Internet Options-Advanced Check "Show Internet Explorer on the desktop" For XP: Control Panel-Display Properties-Desktop tab. Customize Desktop ...Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP

Properties "panel" over desktop icons
Charles R. Hakari hak...@gci.net comp windows x kde When I place my cursor over a desktop icon, a "panel" pops up with all the properties of the object. This is the first time I have noticed this feature, but I have no use for it and would like to disable it if possible. I have the ASPLinux KDE 3.1 packages

Desktop Icon Font Properties
Can someone explain the justification for having seemingly TWO kinds of icons on the Desktop? First, there are "short-cut" icons, which to me seem the more straightforward of the two types. When you right-click on them and select "Properties", you get properties ABOUT the app and its launch, such as the command

Lost desktop trash can
On 4 Aug 2002 19:50:20 -0700, rgor...@stmarys-ca.edu (Robert Gorsch) wrote: Recently, after uninstalling Norton Utilities, I have lost the desktop icon for Recycle Bin. First, Recycle Bin wouldn't open, then after I fiddled with it it turned into a plain folder (I changed attributes on properties),

no properties window for desktop icon in windows xp
"Chantale" <chant...@nospam.com> wrote in message news:%23NFxZvoaEHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP09. phx.gbl... I have XP Pro and am trying to open a properties window when I right click on an icon on the desktop I get the option for Properties but after I click on it No Properties Window for that desktop icon appears.

Hiding the "Properties" tab from the MY Computer desktop ICON
Hello, I am trying to develop a program that will change the path of desktop Icons in Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I was wondering if this is feasable with VB 5.0.??? The existing path of the desktop Icons lead to a directory off the drive and I wish to change this to lead directly off the drive, possibly by a

Program for Properties of desktop Icons
My O98 desktop icon has mysteriously changed to the Inbox icon. Can't change on desktop because right mouse clicking brings up O98 properties instead of link/icon properties. I sense I might have to edit some registry settings to get the O98 icon back. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks in advance.

Desktop Icon properties!!
Hi Colonel Blip, The original Recycle Bin Desktop Icon (with special properties such as right-click > Properties > Display delete confirmation dialog) can be hidden by using a third-party program such as TweakUI, by editing the registry, or by using Group Policy. If it was hidden using a program such as TweakUI,

Properties
David John Schmitz cygn...@planet.net comp lang basic visual misc Hello, I am trying to develop a program that will change the path of desktop Icons in Windows for Workgroups 3.11. I was wondering if this is feasable with VB 5.0.??? The existing path of the desktop Icons lead to a directory off the drive and I wish