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| From | Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Desktop Icon, please. |
| Date | 2025-05-06 20:22 +1000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vvcnt1$2nprf$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vva4q5$a136$1@dont-email.me> <t5wljih1b61.dlg@v.nguard.lh> |
On 6/05/2025 3:35 am, VanguardLH wrote: > Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> 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?? > > It should have added entries in the Start menu. Right-click on a > LibreOffice program entry in the Start menu, select More, and then File > Location. That opens File Explorer with the program file already > selected (highlighted). Right-click on the executable file, and select > Create Shortcut. You might be told you cannot create a shortcut in that > folder, and to create it on the desktop which is where you want it, > anyway. > Yeap, (with some slight modifications) that did work and created a Icon on the Desktop. -- Daniel70
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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> - 2025-05-09 07:29 -0400
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