If I want to manage my favorites. I simply opened up my user folder go down
to my favorites folder and deal with my favorites as I would any other
folder. This is the most efficient method in my opinion of dealing with
them. I have keyboard commands I can organize my folders as I wish I can
make shortcuts and I can even assign hotkeys. I never do, but you can if you
want
Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+jgrimsby=roadrunner....@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf Of Rod Hutton via Talk
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 4:32 AM
To: 'Larry Higgins'
Cc: 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: RE: A weird one
Hi Larry,
Actually, it's Rod, like a fishing rod. Smile You know, I just got the same
message as you did when I tried it.
I think this means it's not the recommended way of doing it as far as
Windows is concerned.
To be honest, I don't use this method of copying and icon to the desktop if
I'm working with the Favorites menu.
What I would do is choose the Copy option from the context menu rather than
Send to, and then paste it onto the desktop.
If I try this, it works every time.
Hth,
Rod
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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Higgins [mailto:larryhiggin...@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 7:01 AM
To: Rod Hutton; 'Window-Eyes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: A weird one
Hello Rob, and thanks for your suggestion.
With the exception of putting a shortcut for my favorites folder on the
desktop, I did what you suggested by using the send too option for the
favorites folder entry. I do use this method quite often when wanting to
make desktop shortcuts, and would have done so in this instance immediately
if I hadn't been rather obsessed with the weirdness in the favorites menu in
IE. I just can't figure out what might be causing this behavior, and
especially its theoretical explanation Courtesy of Windows. I've never had
that happen for as long as I've been a 'puter user, and that's been a long
time.
Someone mentioned the possibility of faulty permissions, but I dunno.
Since I am the only user of this PC, then I guess I should make all
permissions wide open, and I wouldn't have to put up with the nagging every
time I want to perform a simple function such as deleting a file, or
installing a program. OK, I know, installing apps or programs is a pretty
serious consideration, but again, it's just me after all. But even after all
these years, I'm still Leary of messing too much with permissions, as
strange as that might seem. Kind of along the lines of if it aint broke
don't fix it.
On the whole though, I think I like your suggestions for creating favorites
shortcuts rather than using the send too option in IE's favorites menu. But
still, this function shouldn't return a response like that one. I'm still
somewhat baffled.
Anyway, I really appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Larry
On 5/16/2015 10:21 PM, Rod Hutton wrote:
Hi Larry,
May I suggest you go to your user folder, the icon for which is
probably
on
your desktop.
Once this folder opens, press the letter F to highlight the Favorites
folder.
Then, press the Applications key or Shift-F10, arrow down to Send to,
press
Enter to expand this, and arrow down to Desktop (Create shortcut), and
press
Enter again.
Close your user folder since you're done using it.
Now you'll have a Favorites icon on your desktop.
Now, when you want to copy an icon to your desktop, click the
Favorites
icon
on your desktop, which will open the Favorites folder, which contains
all your link shortcuts.
>From here, you should be able to use normal copy and paste keystrokes
to
copy any of your link shortcuts to your desktop.
I figure you should be able to also use Send to as well to send a
shortcut to your desktop, but, because of the problem you've had,
perhaps not, but you could try it.
Note that this method of locating link shortcuts is easier to work
with since you can sort them as you do any files in a typical explorer
view.
Hth,
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: Talk
[mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On
Behalf
Of Larry Higgins via Talk
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 9:29 PM
To: Christopher-Mark Gilland; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: A weird one
Well Christopher, what to do?
On 5/16/2015 8:02 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Hmm, bad disk permissions?
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Higgins via Talk"
<talk@lists.window-eyes.com>
To: "Window-Eyes Discussion List" <talk@lists.window-eyes.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 6:23 AM
Subject: A weird one
Hello again listers,
This one is just too strange. When I go to send a shortcut to the
desktop, from my favorites list in IE I get a dialog box with the
following message "Windows could not create the shortcut. Check to
see if the disk is full." This is next to impossible to understand,
especially with a 1tb drive with somewhere around 900gb available
for populating. Lots of real estate. So, what could be happening here?
I just tried copying a 230mb file to the desktop, and no problem at all.
All I am trying to do is make a shortcut on my desktop to the BARD
site so I wont have to go to favorites or even open up the browser
to my home page to do so. Nothing big really <smile>. Anyway, any ideas?
Thanks,
Larry
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