I think it's because (by default?) it gets installed in the "all users" desktop folder so the icon is not in my desktop folder per se. When it gets deleted by one of the family, it gets deleted from the common folder.
So, I figure I should be able to move it from the common folder to the specific user folder but for the life of me that simple task seems to not go well or easily, at least not in my experience. So I want to install in the correct place from the get-go. ===== From: Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Sent: Sun, December 13, 2009 5:27:53 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Users or Programs? Interesting dilemma. I can't imagine why them deleting a shortcut from their desktop would affect your desktop. Or whatever menus you're using to run the apps. Much more annoying to me is when an app asks if I want to install an icon to my desktop and I forget I had to use the elevated admin account to install the app, so the icon goes off to poor fictional admin's desktop, but not mine! On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Michael Wosnick <mwosn...@rogers.com> wrote: > In the past in Vista and even in XP, I found that only a few well written > programs actually ASK if you want it installed for jsut "you" or for "all > users". Many of the programs I install are only for my use and don't need to > clutter up everyone else's desktop or start menu. But try as I might, I > usually find that most programs get installed for all. Then if someone > removes the icon from their desktop, it disappears from mine as well... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
