Desktop Icons In Windows Xp Pro

[musicmaster]

Originally posted by clocker@14 October 2003 - 21:21
Interesting.

I just tried and got the same results as you.

As an alternative , go to start>my computer and right click. Check "Show on desktop".

Now you have a My Computer icon on the desktop which will take you to your CD/DVD drives....

Not perfect, but maybe as good as XP will let you get.

I already had/have the My Computer Icon on the Desktop, and when I orginally added the shortcuts for all the other drives I use, the only ones that dont work are the cd drives. Floppy works, and hard drive works.

In response to the first response.. maybe I confused you when I said "Icons" I am just referrring to shortcut icons for my drives only ... not the my computer... and the IE one I did actually manage to get that one... but that wasnt the problem... it still is my cd drives.

[musicmaster]

Originally posted by kurtsl0an+14 October 2003 - 22:13--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kurtsl0an &#064; 14 October 2003 - 22:13)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-Sparsely@15 October 2003 - 06:08
As for the CD drives, did you have something in the drives at the time you created the shortcut?
it probably created a shortcut to a file on the CD, rather than the drive itself. Try right-click and drag the drive icon
to your desktop and select "Create Shortcut here".

nice 1 - i re-created w/out a disk in drive and the shortcut is invalid. even after putting a disk in the drive and using the shortcut, still no good. guess u hafta create the shortcut w/a disc in.

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Wndows XP has sparse icons huh??

I think Sparsley just likes to say his name in use

Just kiddin&#39; of course buddy, thanks for the help... you probably are correct I wouldnt doubt it as I dont know software as much as you guys do.

This is my first post in Software World... anyways...

I would like to thank you kurts... you are a genius. That problem is solved. I now have my shortcuts for my cd drives and they do work.

One last problem as stated before and I dont know how it happened nor how to fix it. Here it is again:

I have a cd that came with my Plextor PlexWriter... it is software to use with this drive. It is Easy CD Creator 4.... its old because this computer was purchased in 2000.

Anyways, I loaded that and Windows told me that that version wasnt compatible with WIN XP..... so it wouldnt install it. I suppose I need version 5 or 6. Anyways, I removed the program from add/remove... and then I checked my cd drives again in My Computer, and the DVD drive was somehow associated with Plextor. It had the Plextor icon on it... and I dont know how that happened. Everything works fine except for the icon and name of the drive in My Computer being named and displayed with the Plextor name and logo.

How do I change both the icon and the name of the drive in My Computer back to default?

[MUSLEMAN]

i was able to creat short cut for my cd, dvd and slave drive fine on the desk top