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Re: Desktop Icon, please.

From	knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Desktop Icon, please.
Date	2025-05-05 07:22 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<vva712$b9nr$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 05/05/2025 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. ;-) )
> 
> TIA
I just downloaded LibreOffice for windows 11.  After the install was 
complete, there was a group icon that when clicked gave assess to all of 
the LibreOffice modules.

Once loaded, I could go into the Windows 11 start menu and scroll down 
the list of all applications. When the LibreOffice modules I wanted were 
found, I could copy them to the desktop as a short cut.

I placed them on the toolbar, so I use "More" from the right click 
popup, to add them to the task bar.

I am setting up a new computer, fought for nearly a week to get the 
computer to access other LAN resources, but gave up when trying to get 
access to the Church's subscription to MS 365.  I could not afford 
another week of hassle, as I needed the computer.  I am not the 
subscription own, but a user.  It was just not worth the  hassle of 
jumping through the hoops to get access.

I had never used LibreOffice before, but loaded it because it was not 
Microsoft.   Once I started using it, I no longer had to fight the 
ribbon menu, having to search for everything I wanted to do.  What 
really got frustrated me, was with the search, they did not tell you 
where the functions was but activated the function.

Thread

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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