Re: Will too many icons presented on the destop occupy memory reso

Shortcuts.

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"Twanny" <Evenstar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike, I happened to read your reply. I too thought that icons on the
> Desktop
> take up ram, so I organized them in the "window" that pops up when you
> press
> START.
> Question: by dragging items to Start, are Shortcuts created here or copies
> of the programs? I ask this because when I right click an item there, the
> familiar shortcut arrow does not always show. Am I creating a Second copy
> of
> an exe files?
> Your input is much appreciated. Thanks
> --------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> John
>>
>> Everything that your computer does takes up resources, but re. icons on
>> the
>> desktop, XP handles the resources very differently from Win 9x/ME.. back
>> then, it could and did affect resources quite badly..
>>
>> However, it is not a bad idea to 'organise' your start menu such that the
>> desktop is not cluttered..
>>
>> --
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>>
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>>
>>
>>
>> "john" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23NU5sbZSFHA.2132@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Or they just occupy some memory resource while the OS starts up?
>> >
>> > Thank you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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>>


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