Art Todesco wrote:
> By right clicking on the desktop, going to personalize, you can put
> pics to display in a slide show on the desktop (Desktop Background).
> If you drag and drop a picture there, everything works as you'd
> expect. Now if you delete one of the pics, by hitting the delete key
> (and answering yes to the Recycle Bin), it's gone, that is to the
> Recycle Bin. So, I've been dragging my pics from other directories
> (folders), while holding the control key. This makes a exact copy of
> the file, so if I want to delete it, I can without worrying about
> loosing the picture forever. So today I though, well, why not just
> make a shortcut in the original folder, drag it to the Desktop
> Background pane ... it won't take up as much space, even though on
> the grand scheme of gigibytes and hard drive, it's pretty
> insignificant, size wise. When I do this, it shows up for a second,
> and then the icon in the Desktop Background pane disappears. The
> picture stays on the current background. In order to see that
> shortcut, I have to right click in the picture area of the Desktop
> Background pane and go to properties, customize tab and finally, to
> Choose File. There I see the shortcut. Is this just strange
> behavior (a bug?) or is there some underlying reason? Not a big deal
> because I can work around it by either accessing the background pics
> as above, or just use a complete copy. Sorry for babbling on so long
> for something that is probably pretty insignificant ... it was just
> bugging me.
I think it has to do with the elimination of the active desktop. Only
static images are allowed. A shortcut acts like script, redirecting the
request.
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