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Matthew Rosen Marsh - 17 Aug 2004 00:34 GMT

I recently helped a friend with her new laptop and tried to create some
shortcuts on her desktop but when I right clicked on any of the programmes
the send to option gave floppy as an option but not desktop. I got around
it by cutting and pasting shortcut but would be interested to know why this
is?

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Jeff Richards - 17 Aug 2004 01:08 GMT

The other procedure is to select a file in an Explorer Window and
right-click / drag it to the desktop, you will get an option to 'Create
shortcut(s) Here".

The Send To option is controlled by a file in the SendTo folder. The
procedure for re-creating this file if it is missing is described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];191882
"Desktop As Shortcut" Command Is Missing from the "Send To" Menu

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>I recently helped a friend with her new laptop and tried to create some
> shortcuts on her desktop but when I right clicked on any of the
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> this
> is?

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