Getting drives to appear on desktop automatically

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Can someone tell me how to configure Windows XP so the drives and CD icons
appear on the desktop automatically as is done on a Mac? I'm going crazy
trying to figure it out.
 
Edward Ayres said:
Can someone tell me how to configure Windows XP so the drives and CD icons
appear on the desktop automatically as is done on a Mac? I'm going crazy
trying to figure it out.
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Click on Start, My Computer, right click on the disk and or cd and select
"create shortcut".
 
You can add a my computer toolbar to the desktop. To do this : Drag the My
Computer icon to any side you want and it will be converted in a toolbar.

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| Can someone tell me how to configure Windows XP so the drives and CD icons
| appear on the desktop automatically as is done on a Mac? I'm going crazy
| trying to figure it out.
 
All that does is create One icon pointing to the My Computer folder. You
must click on it to open it.

The persons wants a unique ICON for EACH Drive.

Ayush said:
You can add a my computer toolbar to the desktop. To do this : Drag the My
Computer icon to any side you want and it will be converted in a toolbar.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]
Click to expand...

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


| Can someone tell me how to configure Windows XP so the drives and CD
icons
| appear on the desktop automatically as is done on a Mac? I'm going crazy
| trying to figure it out.
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"Edward Ayres" wrote in message
NewScience said:
All that does is create One icon pointing to the My Computer folder. You
must click on it to open it.
The persons wants a unique ICON for EACH Drive.
Click to expand...

Not to good on reading comprehension are you? Don't you know the difference
between a toolbar and a shortcut icon? Following Ayushs advice will give the
OP what he ask for. By the way, I have the My Computer 'TOOLBAR' set to auto
hide. It's available when needed yet keeps the desktop clean.

mi
 
Yeah, I guess there's a lot of that going around, since by doing it that way
you get all the ancillary stuff, e.g., Control Panel, Shared Documents, My
Documents, .... which the person did not request to have.
 
Drop shortcuts to the drives in the \documents and settings\all
users\desktop folder. This will place the icons on the desktop for all
existing users and any new users you create.

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NewScience said:
Yeah, I guess there's a lot of that going around, since by doing it that
way you get all the ancillary stuff, e.g., Control Panel, Shared
Documents, My Documents, .... which the person did not request to have.

miss-information said:
"Edward Ayres" wrote in message
| Can someone tell me how to configure Windows XP so the drives and CD
icons
| appear on the desktop automatically as is done on a Mac? I'm going
crazy
| trying to figure it out.
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"Ayush" <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> wrote in message
You can add a my computer toolbar to the desktop. To do this : Drag the
My
Computer icon to any side you want and it will be converted in a
toolbar.
Click to expand...

NewScience said:
All that does is create One icon pointing to the My Computer folder.
You must click on it to open it.
The persons wants a unique ICON for EACH Drive.
Click to expand...

Not to good on reading comprehension are you? Don't you know the
difference between a toolbar and a shortcut icon? Following Ayushs advice
will give the OP what he ask for. By the way, I have the My Computer
'TOOLBAR' set to auto hide. It's available when needed yet keeps the
desktop clean.

mi
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