qxe900
Oct 25, 2002, 03:22 PM
ok - dont want to sound like a complete twat -ive been using windows for about 6 years...and XP pro since the summer, and ive always assumed they removed the my computer icon and put in in the strt bar, my compuer (to my annoyance!) but whilst doing some syuff i noticed that on the drop down windows (where you type the www url in an expoloer window) and choose desktop so it appeasr as a window, low and behold all the icons tht ARE on my desktop appear in ther and a 'My computer' icon...yet when im seeing the desktop properly - there aint one there - sure i can put a shortcut on there - but the sytem is telling me theres one there yet i cannot see i on the dektop...wht the hells this all about?!??!?
CHR15
Oct 25, 2002, 03:40 PM
Were you skateboarding whilst you typed that??
Anyway, if I get you right:
Right click on the Taskbar and select Properties
Click the Start Menu Tab at the top
Check the Classic Start Menu Tab and all your desktopicons should return.
Is that what you meant??
Nuttapper
Oct 25, 2002, 06:02 PM
or another way left click on start, navigate to the "my computer" line right click it and choose <show on desktop> from the list ;) HTH
Centurian
Oct 25, 2002, 09:25 PM
Get all the regular icons like My computer, My Documents, My Network Places and Internet Explorer on the desktop:
Right click the Desktop, Properties, Desktop Tab, Click on Customize Desktop button and check off the four icons.
qxe900
Oct 28, 2002, 10:08 AM
sorry about all the typos guys...sometimes my fingers go too quick for my own good!!!
ill try some of these things tonight - its just wierd how the system seems to think the icon is there and yet it aint!!! Apart from that- how cool is XP - stable as ya like....!
QWERTY
Oct 28, 2002, 11:26 AM
Do you know anything about how Windows XP\2000 works? There's nothing really wierd about what you're seeing...
There's the Default user profile, the "All user" profile, several User profiles, and the Current user profile. All the profiles have a "Desktop" directory and settings. Which one are you looking at?
qxe900
Oct 28, 2002, 12:26 PM
i think its the default or me (the only user set for it) but when i view the dektop from with a browser window i could see everything thats on my normnal desktop except for the my computer icon....just wierd!!! Im sure i can sort it out tonight...the hours ive wasted in windows not actually doing anything.......!
PhilEnfield
Nov 02, 2002, 01:03 PM
Why clutter up your XP Desktop ?
Just hit the Windows key and e , when you want My Computer
