Desktop icon

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In news:%231uiwjtmFHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
Greg Matthews <greg.matthews2000@ntlworld.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> I just noticed my desktop icon wasn't in the Quick Launch area. I
> then noticed the icon appeared on my desktop. How do I get the icon
> back into the original location as if I try to move that icon, when I
> then select the shorcut in the quick launch area, it wants to know
> the location. I have stored this icon to my own folder for the
> meantime.
> I want to just click on the desktop icon, but not have to keep the
> icon in my own folder, just in case I delete this by accident.
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg Matthews

How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355

Else if you have the icon you can right click and drag it to the quick
launch.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

In newsEETzSumFHA.544@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Greg Matthews <greg.matthews2000@ntlworld.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for this. In the end, I moved the icon I had saved into the:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer directory.
>
> I did not have a Quick Launch folder, so created this and moved the
> icon into this and copied the shortcut to my Quick Launch area.
>
> I do not have OE and IE options in the Quick Launch folder-how can I
> get those back, even though these icons do show in the Quick Launch
> area and work ok. I just wanted to do this so everything was in
> place ok.
> Thanks
>
> Greg.
>
>
> "Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uVQjyDumFHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> In news:%231uiwjtmFHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
>> Greg Matthews <greg.matthews2000@ntlworld.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just noticed my desktop icon wasn't in the Quick Launch area. I
>>> then noticed the icon appeared on my desktop. How do I get the icon
>>> back into the original location as if I try to move that icon, when
>>> I then select the shorcut in the quick launch area, it wants to know
>>> the location. I have stored this icon to my own folder for the
>>> meantime.
>>> I want to just click on the desktop icon, but not have to keep the
>>> icon in my own folder, just in case I delete this by accident.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Greg Matthews
>>
>> How to Re-create the Show Desktop Icon on Quick Launch Toolbar:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190355
>>
>> Else if you have the icon you can right click and drag it to the
>> quick launch.
>>
>> Galen
>> --
>>
>> "But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
>> without them."
>>
>> Sherlock Holmes

You can just drag stuff down there. I do it all the time. <g> Right click >
drag > create shortcut here.

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes