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Installed Firefox, now how do I put its icon on the desktop?
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don1500


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PostPosted: Sun 13 May 2007, 10:43    Post subject:  Installed Firefox, now how do I put its icon on the desktop?  

I've loaded Puppy, got it working. Now I want Firefox, seamonkey just doesn't do it for me.
I downloaded firefox, expanded it into it's own folder, got it working, now How do I place a short cut on the desktop?
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trapster


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PostPosted: Sun 13 May 2007, 11:04    Post subject:  

Find the "firefox" file inside where you installed it and simply drag it to the desktop. Then, right-click the desktop icon to change the icon and drag whichever icon you want into that.
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don1500


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PostPosted: Sun 13 May 2007, 19:15    Post subject:    

trapster wrote:
Find the "firefox" file inside where you installed it and simply drag it to the desktop. Then, right-click the desktop icon to change the icon and drag whichever icon you want into that.


Tried that, got this message:

Quote:
uri_list_to_glist: Incorrect or missing line break in text/uri-list data


???

Thanks, gotta keep trying
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PostPosted: Sun 13 May 2007, 22:39    Post subject:  

it is not likely to work if you drag the file from any other file manager than Rox ... you are dragging to the desktop from a Rox window, right?
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Skimmel


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PostPosted: Mon 14 May 2007, 08:47    Post subject: Try the video help files  

I found the video help files covered this topic really well. I'm a newbie and this worked for me the first try:

http://rhinoweb.us/howtocreatedesktopshortcut.htm

There are a few places where the creator goes a bit quickly but you can step backwards on it as often as you like.
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don1500


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PostPosted: Mon 14 May 2007, 12:29    Post subject:  

GuestToo wrote:
it is not likely to work if you drag the file from any other file manager than Rox ... you are dragging to the desktop from a Rox window, right?


Did it in ROX, worked fine. Thanks. SO many different things to watch!
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