Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Unwanted icons on downloads
Name: ssoftwar Date: December 27, 2006 at 01:19:15 Pacific OS: win 2000 pro CPU/Ram: pIII/128MB Product: ibm 300gl
Comment:
When I download some files under Windows 2000 it puts an icon on my Desktop cluttering it up. How do I prevent this from happening? And how do I delete the unwanted icons without deleting the acutal file?
Name: Bryco Date: December 27, 2006 at 04:37:30 Pacific
Reply:
Stop downloading files or stop downloading files to your desktop.
You could, for example, create a folder within My Documents and name it "DownloadedStuff".
The next time you download something browse to this folder and save the download there. The next time you download something it should automatically want to download to that folder.
HTH Bryan
0
Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: December 27, 2006 at 08:49:27 Pacific
Reply:
In addition to the above, all you need to do is cut & paste the file (icon) to whereever you wish to store it. I prefer to DL to the desktop myself, but then I move the file to another location, like drag to disc.
0
Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: December 30, 2006 at 17:42:59 Pacific
Reply:
There are several ways to read this question so I'm not really sure which one was intended.
Summary: hey there, the "my computer" icon on the main desktop is not showing up - it has a blank icon. also "my network nieghborhood" has the same problem.. any ideas please. thanks, Julio ...
Summary: Hi, I would like to make "My Computer" be the first icon on my desktop. I know that I can use TweakUI, but I would like to know if there was any other ways. Such as editing in the registry table. By t...
Summary: yes, there is no single icon on the desktop after the booting. I wonder if there is anyway to restore the system to the pre-installing status. She did uninstall office 2000 and reinstall, but didn't w...
0 
