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Old 10-02-2004, 02:19 PM   #1
Akflash
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Question Desktop icons


I installed Mozilla firefox and thunderbird. Neither shows on the menu tree or places an icon on the desktop. How does on get a desktop icon to work? Help walk me through it.
 
Old 10-02-2004, 02:24 PM   #2
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What window manager are you using?
 
Old 10-02-2004, 02:26 PM   #3
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>> How does on get a desktop icon to work? <<

Using KDE, I simply drag the firefox icon from the firefox-installer directory, onto the desktop then click "link here".

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Old 10-02-2004, 02:51 PM   #4
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Question Desktop Icons

I'm using the Kde desktop.
 
Old 10-02-2004, 06:13 PM   #5
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Right click empty part of the desktop.
Select: Create New -> File -> Link to Application.
Fill in all the relevent info in the window that opens.
You can get rid of the blue gear wheel icon by clicking on it and selecting the icon of your choice for your shortcut.
Job done.

For 'start' menu entries, you'll need to use menudrake.
 
  


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