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  • L Lost User

    Just create a folder on your desktop and put shortcuts in them :rolleyes: Would you like to meet my teddy bear ?

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    Marc Clifton
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    Yes, but then I just have a collection of folders, and I have to open them whenever I start Windows (did I mention that there are some I'd like to have open all the time?), and it also comes with all that other baggage: menus, address bar, etc., which I can turn off, but then stupid XP sets all my folders to this style, even WHEN I DON'T SELECT "Apply To All Folders". :mad: Argh! Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
    Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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    • M Mauricio Ritter

      Can´t you create a folder in your desktop ? Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter "Th@ langwagje is screwed! It has if's but no end if's!! Stupid php cant even do butuns on forms! VISHAUL BASICS ARE THE FUTSHURE!" - Simon Walton

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      Marc Clifton
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      Yes, but then I just have a collection of folders, and I have to open them whenever I start Windows (did I mention that there are some I'd like to have open all the time?), and it also comes with all that other baggage: menus, address bar, etc., which I can turn off, but then stupid XP sets all my folders to this style, even WHEN I DON'T SELECT "Apply To All Folders". :mad: Argh! Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
      Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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      • J Jason Henderson

        Run Progman.exe, it comes with win9x and its on my XP Pro machine as well.

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        Marc Clifton
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        OK. But when I drag a shortcut into the group, it complains about a missing .lnk and displays a stupid "MS DOS" icon! Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
        Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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        • L Lost User

          Buy a copy of VMWare and you can install an old 3.1 system and submit yourself to untold hours of weepy-eyed nostalgia!


          When I am king, you will be first against the wall.

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          Daniel Turini
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          Now he only needs to find a Trumpet Winsock, use Netscape 2.xx (it had forms!) and he can browse CP in Win3.1! Your incessant rantings indicate you have a brain the size of a pea, and the mental capacity of a bag of hammers. - John Simmons

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          • D Daniel Turini

            Now he only needs to find a Trumpet Winsock, use Netscape 2.xx (it had forms!) and he can browse CP in Win3.1! Your incessant rantings indicate you have a brain the size of a pea, and the mental capacity of a bag of hammers. - John Simmons

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            Marc Clifton
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            Maybe I should use my girlfriend's IBM-AT computer--640K RAM, 20MB hard disk, VGA display, good grief, and a 5 1/4" floppy! She was still using it last year! :-D Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
            Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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            • M Marc Clifton

              OK. But when I drag a shortcut into the group, it complains about a missing .lnk and displays a stupid "MS DOS" icon! Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
              Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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              Jason Henderson
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              Its probably using Win3.1 .pif files instead of shortcuts. Its trying to create a pif out of the .lnk (shortcut) and there is no program associated. Try dragging the actual exe.

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              • J Jason Henderson

                Run Progman.exe, it comes with win9x and its on my XP Pro machine as well.

                Jason Henderson
                start page ; articles henderson is coming henderson is an opponent's worst nightmare * googlism *

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                Megan Forbes
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                Aaaah.... Progman... :-D :warm fuzzy feeling:


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                • D Daniel Turini

                  Now he only needs to find a Trumpet Winsock, use Netscape 2.xx (it had forms!) and he can browse CP in Win3.1! Your incessant rantings indicate you have a brain the size of a pea, and the mental capacity of a bag of hammers. - John Simmons

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                  Lost User
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                  Trumpet Winsock!!!! That takes me back... he could always go for 3.11 and use the original MS TCP/IP stack... :-D I have a copy of 3.11 on floppies (all 9 of them).


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                  • M Marc Clifton

                    hee hee hee. But seriously, I liked being able to organize icons (as in, shortcuts--remember those PIF files) into groups, which were really windows, instead of having them scattered all around my desktop. Yes, I can organize them into groups on my desktop, but I want to be able to collectively get rid of groups that I'm not going to use for the work I'm currently doing. I've tried those "multiple desktop" apps, but I don't like them. Is there anything like this for the "modern" Windows OS's? Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
                    Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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                    dandy72
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                    Use ActiveDesktop. My desktop is a series of framed HTML files and scripts; I don't have a single fugly 32x32 icon. If you're creative and artsy, you could make a *really* wicked desktop. Anything you can do in IE, you can embed on your desktop. Heck, you could implent your own file browser (a la Windows Explorer)...or use any automation-compatible COM object.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Trumpet Winsock!!!! That takes me back... he could always go for 3.11 and use the original MS TCP/IP stack... :-D I have a copy of 3.11 on floppies (all 9 of them).


                      When I am king, you will be first against the wall.

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                      Daniel Turini
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                      Until some time ago, I had those 27 disks of Office :) Your incessant rantings indicate you have a brain the size of a pea, and the mental capacity of a bag of hammers. - John Simmons

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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        Yes, but then I just have a collection of folders, and I have to open them whenever I start Windows (did I mention that there are some I'd like to have open all the time?), and it also comes with all that other baggage: menus, address bar, etc., which I can turn off, but then stupid XP sets all my folders to this style, even WHEN I DON'T SELECT "Apply To All Folders". :mad: Argh! Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
                        Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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                        Jack Knife
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                        Simply place shortcuts to the folder in your startup directory

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          hee hee hee. But seriously, I liked being able to organize icons (as in, shortcuts--remember those PIF files) into groups, which were really windows, instead of having them scattered all around my desktop. Yes, I can organize them into groups on my desktop, but I want to be able to collectively get rid of groups that I'm not going to use for the work I'm currently doing. I've tried those "multiple desktop" apps, but I don't like them. Is there anything like this for the "modern" Windows OS's? Marc Obviously it is not all Muslims. Just like all VB programmers are not bad...both groups tend to cause trouble, get excited and do stupid things. -- Paul Watson
                          Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.

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                          Wow. I absolutely hated Win3.1, and was glad to be rid of the Program Manager. But to each is own. However, you just reminded me of my favorite aspect of OS/2's Presentation Manager: All folders acted the same, and the desktop was just another folder. This was great, as it allowed you to group related documents and programs into a folder, open them up, and then when you were done just close the folder - all the programs and documents opened from that folder would then close also. This single feature worked as well for me as any IDE on other platforms - i'd dump my source code into a folder, open up the ones i wanted to edit in the E editor, and away i'd go. When i quit for the day, i'd close the folder, and the next day open it again and resume where i'd left off. Ah, the memories... Shog9 ------

                          Rather hammer futiley at the locked door than just sit and ignore it. Obviously finding a way to get through the locked door would be even better though. - Paul Watson, My Ignorance

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                          • D Daniel Turini

                            Now he only needs to find a Trumpet Winsock, use Netscape 2.xx (it had forms!) and he can browse CP in Win3.1! Your incessant rantings indicate you have a brain the size of a pea, and the mental capacity of a bag of hammers. - John Simmons

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                            l a u r e n
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                            trumpet winsock!!! god i remember that altho i wish i didnt :laugh:


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