The presence of a desktop shortcut icon does not mean that program is
running. It only runs when you double click on that icon to start the
program.
To see what programs are currently running on your computer click on the
following 3 keys simultaneously: Ctrl, Alt, and Del. The Tab "Applications"
shows you what is actually running.
If your old computer slowed down, that could be due to many reasons. The
most likely is that the hard drive needs to be defragmented. But there are
many other reasons including infections with a virus, etc.
Jeff
ewinpa wrote:
I have put Legacy, Adobe Reader, and Irfanview for doing genealogy on
my new computer and they all installed icons on my desktop. Doesn't
that mean they are running in the background if they are on my
desktop? I don't know how to install them so that they only 'appear'
when I need to use them (i.e. when I open a file that requires one of
the to view it).
I think this is the same problem I had on my old computer. Tons of
stuff I installed on it put their icons on the desktop and my
computer got so full it slowed down so badly that it because almost
unusable. It sounded like something was running in the background
constantly and I don't know how to keep that from happening again to
this new computer. Help......
Elizabeth
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--- On Mon, 5/11/09, Dennis M. Kowallek <kowal...@iglou.com> wrote:
From: Dennis M. Kowallek <kowal...@iglou.com>
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Transfer Legacy files to reformatted
computer? To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 8:34 PM
On Mon, 11 May 2009 13:26:18 -0700 (PDT), ewinpa
<ewi...@verizon.net>
wrote:
Can anyone help me with my other question? i.e.
"...how would I install Legacy (or any other program
for that matter) in such a way that it will open when I want
to use it but not start up every time I start up my
computer?"
Are you really having this problem or is this a "what
if" question?
Are you saying that after installing Legacy it starts up
when you
reboot? Legacy isn't supposed to do that. If, after
installing Legacy on
your new computer, it starts when you logon to Windows,
come back to us
and we'll figure it out.
--
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http://zippersoftware.com/ltools
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools
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