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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Desktop Icon, please. |
| Date | 2025-05-05 12:40 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vvapl9$t09g$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On Mon, 5/5/2025 12:30 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 5/5/2025 9:01 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 5/05/2025 10:10 pm, Newyana2 wrote:
>>> On 5/5/2025 6:44 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> As I dual-boot Windows (Win11, in this case) and Linux, and (as far as I know) you can't get MSOffice for Linux, my preference is to use Libreoffice on both OSs.
>>>>
>>>> I've downloaded Libreoffice and installed it onto my SSD .... but how do I get a Desktop icon to start it.
>>>>
>>>> Not a 'Start' menu link but an actual icon on my Desktop?? Which of the 'programs' in the Windows (C:)\Program Files\libreoffice\program directory do I want to connect to??
>>>>
>>>> (Note in that folder, there is a file called 'desktophelper.txt' which contains "# File used for desktop link" ... and that's it. Real Helpful. ;-) )
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> They all start with S, a weird leftover from Star Office.
>>> You can right-drag swriter.exe, or any of the others, to
>>> the Desktop and select Create Shortcut Here. The EXE
>>> extension and unique icons make it clear what's what.
>>>
>> Ah!! so I can't have just one Icon and then, when LibreOffice has started THEN select which ever function I want!!
>>
>> I guess that's someone's idea of an Improvement ... but not mine.
>>
>> Thanks to you and knuttle.
>
I forgot the illustration.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/GpW1ZpYt/Libre-Office-Short-Cut.gif
Paul
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Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 20:44 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-05 07:22 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-05-05 14:10 -0600
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-05 08:10 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 23:01 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 23:08 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:02 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 19:57 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-05-05 14:22 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:04 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-05 14:37 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-05 12:30 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-05 12:40 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:14 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:05 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-06 11:29 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 17:19 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-06 20:09 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-07 13:29 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-07 06:08 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-07 23:56 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:01 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-05 12:35 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:45 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:22 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 07:52 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 21:59 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 11:14 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 15:49 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-06 17:08 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 17:26 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:34 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-05-07 10:02 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-08 22:51 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-08 22:53 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-09 13:25 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-16 20:46 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-16 22:20 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-17 08:36 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-17 15:06 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-09 07:29 -0400
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