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| Thread ID: 44130 | 2004-04-08 03:48:00 | Desk top icons Doubled | olldaddy76 (2539) | Press F1 |
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| 228005 | 2004-04-08 03:48:00 | When I went to my computer this morning my icons had doubled.....some were COPY OF and other were directly to the program....The only other person using the computer was my wife and she was playing SOLITAIRE...HOW .....or WHY...Help please | olldaddy76 (2539) | ||
| 228006 | 2004-04-08 05:09:00 | > HOW . . . . . or WHY . . Could be a virus . First thing to do in a situation like this is to run an up-to-date anti-virus program to check for viruses . If it detects nothing then run Adaware and Spybot to check for other nasties . Have a look at the Spyware FAQ for more help and links - link to FAQs top right of this page . They take a while to load . Let us know how you get on . :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 228007 | 2004-04-08 06:49:00 | Thanks for your reply Susan...yes my.... Nortons is updated to the 8th but I will look at FAQ.....I have the latest up date of Zone Alarm too. | olldaddy76 (2539) | ||
| 228008 | 2004-04-08 07:02:00 | Hey olldaddy76, Could be a virus, most likely an honest keyboard/mouse mistake. If you hilight the desktop icons, and then hold ctrl and drag them with the mouse or use the keyboard mouse button and select copy shortcuts, it will create shortcuts. I would not be alarmed by this, people make these mistakes without realising it. I usually check my other computer which I allow other people to use and find that they've created multiple New Folders with nothing inside, and sometimes copy of shortcuts. It's quite time consuming cleaning it up but it's all honest mistakes to me. Noel Nosivad. |
Noel Nosivad (389) | ||
| 228009 | 2004-04-08 13:02:00 | Another cause of the double-up of desktop icons is (and I hope I don't confuse you with this) ... XP allows each user to have their own individual settings (desktop icons, wallpapers, themes etc) with each user account. Any desktop icon that you wish to be available to all user accounts, can be put in the All Users profile (or default) desktop folder (a lot of programs will add the program shortcut icons to the All Users profile account by default). This way no matter who logs in, they will see those icons/shortcuts on their desktop. The same goes for icons that you wish only to be visible when you log in, if they go in your desktop folder only, no one else will see them. Now double-ups of desktop icons will occur when your user account also has those same desktop icons that the All User desktop folder has, as XP displays one icon from the All Users desktop folder, and again another one of the same icon from under your desktop folder - so you end up with two identical icons showing. I see this at work at bit when different users log onto a computer and suddenly a desktop shortcut goes *missing* to an application. Also see the double-up of icons due to someone moving the shared application icons into the All Users desktop folder, but then forgetting to delete that same shortcut from the personal users account desktop folder setting as well, so they end up with two on the desktop. Still with me here? :) You can either delete the extra icons off the desktop, or go and remove the spare icon(s) from either the All Users desktop folder or your desktop folder (depending on whether you want everyone to see those icons). Not sure what setting might of caused XP to suddenly decide to change the desktop icon preferences ... have you been adding new user accounts?? |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 228010 | 2004-04-09 01:37:00 | Is Olldaddy actually using Win XP? I tried going through half a dozen of his previous posts but never did find out what version of Windows was on his computer. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 228011 | 2004-04-09 01:51:00 | > Is Olldaddy actually using Win XP? I tried going > through half a dozen of his previous posts but never > did find out what version of Windows was on his > computer . Hi Susan, I also had to go through olldaddy76's previous posts first to see whether he was using XP . . . and from this post ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=45562&message=255893&q=#255893" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) I took that as a yes . olldaddy76: as you can see, it does make it much easier for people to help you if you provide relevant details about your computer . We shouldn't have to go searching through your old posts trying to find out this information ourselves :) Help us to help you :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 228012 | 2004-04-09 03:51:00 | Special thanks to all those who have helped...yes I am using XP and yes I am backward at giving information required to achieve a conclusion....all Press F 1 users please note........I have now deleted the duplicate icons and searched my computer to see if there are any other files copied or duplicated and have reached the conclusion as suggested that it was a keyboard accidental fingering error.....no virus or other nasties on checking...THANKS again to HELPERS....most appreciated.... | olldaddy76 (2539) | ||
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