Re: Is there a way to protect some icons on the desktop?
From: Don Taylor (dont_at_agora.rdrop.com)
Date: 02/06/04
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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:12:45 -0600
"Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> writes:
>Hi Don,
>The guy I was helping had the same thing happening and even more, as I
>explained. In his case, he could re-create it every time he either opened
>Outlook and/or IE.
>Keep us posted. BTW, if you are running SP2, take it to the SP2IE beta
>groups.
I spent two days sitting in Mathematica doing all the calculations
and getting the presentation exactly correct. Asked Mathematica
to export the whole thing as html. That created a folder on the
desktop with index.html, two dozen graphics files and a .css file.
I closed out Mathematica and saved all my work. Drag and drop right
mouse move all those from the folder onto the desktop. Ftp all
these from the desktop to the web server. Open up IE using the
shortcut on the desktop and confirm that the presentation is ready.
Everything seems fine. Close IE. Everything seems fine. Hold
down the control key and one at a time carefully select all those
html and graphics files I had just just ftp'ed. Tap the delete
key... and it blows away the html file, the graphics files, the IE
icon on the desktop AND the folder with all my source files I've
spent two days inside of Mathematica making! No, those last two
were not selected when I tapped that key.
And what did they do with "shift left mouse click"? It used to
work, under Win98, in a way that would let me select just about
the group of files on the desktop that I wanted. XP has changed
this and I can't find any sensible way to use it to select the
group of files I want. It seems to select only a single file
when I hold down the shift key or it selects what looks like an
arbitrary collection of files.
No, I'm not running SP2.
An article in IEEE Computer that said it was estimated that Windows
XP shipped with half a million bugs. An estimated bug per page of
code after all the testing and "trusted computing."
>--
>All the Best,
>Kelly
>MS-MVP Win98/XP
>[AE-Windows XP]
>Troubleshooting Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>Utilities for Windows XP
>http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>> Definitely didn't manually remove it from the start menu, it might not
>have
>> ever even been in the start menu list, but never used from there, isn't in
>> the quick launch bar. I don't think the office toolbar is even installed.
>>
>> >Once IE was used all Pinned items on the Start Menu etc, disappeared
>along
>> >with Desktop icons (IE and Office). Good luck!
>>
>> I've got the classic view of Start turned on (so pinned stuff either
>doesn't
>> exist or is out there where I couldn't touch it anyway) but never run
>> anything from there, other than rarely going into All Programs.
>Everything
>> I use sits as as an icon on the desktop or one of a few items in the Quick
>> launch bar.
>>
>> It just did it again an hour ago. The IE icon vanished and I never left
>> the desktop. Some "feature" somewhere is killing this icon. It doesn't
>> end up in the recycling bin. It has to be another bug somewhere.
>>
>> >--
>> >All the Best,
>> >Kelly
>>
>> >MS-MVP Win98/XP
>> >[AE-Windows XP]
>>
>> >Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>> >Utilities for Windows XP
>> >http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>>
>>
>> >"Don Taylor" <dont@agora.rdrop.com> wrote in message
>> >news:TOednZWDtuyzEL3dRVn-hA@scnresearch.com...
>> >> "+-J" <bitbucket@discussions.microsoft.com> writes:
>> >> >"Don Taylor" <dont@agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
>> >> >| I just mean, is there something like "read only" that
>> >> >| would keep an icon on the desktop from being deleted
>> >> >| or at least ask for confirmation before it was deleted
>> >> >| off the desktop?
>> >> >|
>> >> >| My first guess was to make them read-only.
>> >> >| Wrong. That doesn't do anything to keep them from
>> >> >| being deleted with an accidental click of the mouse
>> >> >| or tap of the delete key, or other ways that I haven't
>> >> >| been able to figure out.
>> >> >|
>> >> >| Thank you
>> >>
>> >> >Don,
>> >>
>> >> > To enable "delete confirmation" messages boxes...
>> >>
>> >> >On the desktop
>> >> > right-click Recycle Bin
>> >> > Properties.
>> >> > [Y] Display delete confirmation dialog
>> >>
>> >> That is already checked. Something else is somehow letting icons
>> >> get deleted with no confirmation, I think. This has happened several
>> >> times in the last couple of days with the Internet Explorer icon
>> >> on the desktop without any confirmation message. The first time or
>> >> two I couldn't figure it out. The next time I was sure it happened.
>> >> (No it isn't a virus, nothing gets past the layers of protection here)
>> >> How do you lock down an icon?
>> >>
>> >> Thank you
>>
>>
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