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| From | Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Start 'Menu' Problems |
| Date | 2025-02-12 18:04 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <voinrt$2egj4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 2025-02-12 13:56, MikeS wrote: > On 11/02/2025 13:25, Java Jive wrote: >> On 2025-02-10 19:24, Java Jive wrote: >>> On 2025-02-10 19:03, MikeS wrote: >>>> >>>> On 10/02/2025 19:00, MikeS wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Meant to write >>>>> >>>>> .. simply right click each profile shortcut and select the pin option. >>> >>> Exactly what I was trying to do, but it behaves as described in my >>> OP. The only thing that's different from what you describe is that, >>> to get it to work in W7, I had to create the two file links (note, >>> file links using mklink, not shortcut links) to thunderbird.exe. >>> Perhaps if in W10 I replace the file links in the command lines of >>> the two shortcuts with thunderbird directly it might work? Given >>> what happened in Windows 7 it would be completely illogical, so maybe >>> that's a sign that it will work! I will try it later and report back. >> >> Yup! As illogical as predicted, that worked! So, to clarify ... >> >> W7: Use mklink to create file links to thunderbird.exe with different >> names, in my case ... >> thunderbird_mail.exe >> thunderbird_news.exe >> ... and then in the shortcut 'Target' field replace the part of the >> commandline that is ... >> <path>\thunderbird.exe >> ... with, using the mail version as an example for both, ... >> <possibly different path>\thunderbird_mail.exe >> >> W10: Leave alone, or undo the above, as appropriate. >> >> The kindest interpretation is that M$ realised that the W7 situation >> is a bug, and fixed it by the time of W10, but even so, their new >> method of creating these things is a pig's dinner compared with the old: >> >> - If you use different icons to distinguish between the two in >> W7, the choices of icon are not respected in W10, so, if in W10 you >> use small icons that don't display the text name, you can't tell which >> is which. > > Different icons are no problem in my 10 or 11. > Just pick one of the shortcuts, right click, select Properties, click > Change icon. You can choose from another icon in the .exe or browse to > an icon of your choice. That's the W7 method, and is not what I'm complaining about in Win10. The original W7 shortcuts, that were pinned to the Start Menu as tiles in W10, already have different icons in my user profile's Start Menu folder and appear with those icons in the top-level of the W7 Start Menu, but in W10 both tiles resulting from pinning have just the standard Thunderbird icon, the original icon from the shortcut is ignored and not used. Further, if you <rt-click> the tile, you don't get a Properties option whence to change the icon. -- Fake news kills! I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website: www.macfh.co.uk
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Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 14:31 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-10 15:17 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 16:47 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2025-02-10 17:21 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-02-10 08:27 -0800
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 17:27 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-10 11:45 -0500
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 17:50 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-10 13:19 -0500
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 19:14 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-10 20:21 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-02-10 19:00 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-02-10 19:03 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-10 19:24 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-11 13:25 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-02-12 13:56 +0000
Re: Start 'Menu' Problems Java Jive <java@evij.com.invalid> - 2025-02-12 18:04 +0000
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