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Re: [OT] win desktop

• Posted by Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com> Dec 21, 2004
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Sorry Kat, I have no idea, but I do have a suggestion...

How about you set up the icons normally, and take a snapshot of the registry.
Then, move 1 icon to a different place, and take another snapshot.

That'd let you know whether the data is stored in the registry.

HTH,

MrTrick


On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:32:24 -0600, Kat <gertie at visionsix.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20 Dec 2004, at 16:58, jxliv7 wrote:
> 
> >
> > posted by: jxliv7 <jxliv7 at hotmail.com>
> >
> > icons:
> > if you're talking about the icons for any shortcut on the desktop, then they
> > are
> > stored in the application .exe itself. access them by right-clicking on the
> > shortcut and using the 'change icon' button. any icon on the computer can be
> > used for any .lnk file, you just have to assign it. if you're talking about
> > icons for the system folders or 'my computer' or 'recycle bin', etc., on the
> > desktop, those are accessed by right clicking on the desktop and going to
> > 'effects'. there you may change the icons to anything you want as well.
> > obviously, when you access the icons via the shortcut properties or the
> > display
> > properties/effects tab, you can see where the icons reside. as for a central
> > cache of icons, windows usually tries to use icons from [drive]:[windows
> > directory]\system32\shell32.dll or \moreicons.dll. the nice thing about
> > Windows
> > is that if you construct a 32x32 icon (using, for example, IconArt) it can
> > be
> > used almost anywhere.
> 
> I meant where are the icons ON THE DESKTOP (information pertaining to
> how and where) stored, not where are they stored in the applications they
> represent. Once on the desktop, where does windows save the data as to
> where the icon is ON the desktop. On the screen, the x and y of the monitor
> screen. The placement of the icon on the desktop. I am sorry i was not
> clearer.
> 
> Kat
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MrTrick