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Re: Desktop Icon, please.

From wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Desktop Icon, please.
Date 2025-05-07 10:02 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 05/05/2025 11:44, 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. 
> ;-) )
> 
> TIA

I don't know if this has been resolved so for Windows 8.1 (I believe you 
have to extend the first menu in W11) ....
Find the .exe of the file, right click, select 'Send to' then 'Desktop 
(create a shortcut).
The right click shows a context menu - because the menu is only relevant 
to the type of file you clicked on.
Shortcuts are just that. They can be created & deleted without affecting 
the parent application.


-- 
Regards
wasbit

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Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 20:44 +1000
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  Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-05 08:10 -0400
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        Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:02 +0200
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          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
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                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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