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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: lauri_t on December 15, 2005, 06:33:38 PM

Title: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: lauri_t on December 15, 2005, 06:33:38 PM

Hi, I was wondering how I can have an icon on the WB desktop? I can copy the icon to the desktop but it vanishes when i reboot. Is there a desktop directory somewhere on the system partition?
All I want is the clearram icon to be easily accessible.

Title: Re: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: adonay on December 15, 2005, 06:37:20 PM

choose leve out from the icon menu over the thing you want on the desktop then snapshot it.
this should work

adonay :-D

Title: Re: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: Effy on December 15, 2005, 06:39:09 PM

Take DirOpus V4.12 for example. Start from Workbench and open the directory where DirOpus is in. Click one time on the DirOpus icon with right mouse click, go to the upper menu and take the option "leave out". The icon should now permanently be placed on Workbench :)

Title: Re: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: lauri_t on December 15, 2005, 06:46:03 PM

Well that was a handy feature! Thanks a lot for the quick replies.

Title: Re: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: adonay on December 15, 2005, 06:54:58 PM

ohh yes one more thin make sure there is no cd in drive when you snapshot desktop (if you have a mouted cd that is )


adonay :-D

Title: Re: Copying permanently to the WB desktop
Post by: chris on December 16, 2005, 08:28:17 AM

@lauri_t

Some techy info in case you're curious.

Icons that are "left out" on the WB backdrop are stored in a file called .backdrop, in the root of the disk that the icon lives on.

.backdrop is just a simple text file containing a list of filenames.

WB reads this when you insert a disk, so if you have a floppy or CD with a .backdrop file on it, the left out icons will appear at the same time as the normal disk icon.

Chris